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ADDIS ABABA, July 23 (Xinhua) – Clashes in the central regional state of Oromia, Ethiopia, left at least six people dead, an Ethiopian official said on Monday. Alemayehu Ejigu, a commissioner the Oromia Police Commission. Last weekend, the city of Goba, 416 kilometers east of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, left at least six dead and an undetermined amount of property damage, the information center reported. Walta. the number of casualties in these clashes may increase as several more serious injuries are occurring, with regional and federal security forces being deployed in the area to prevent the recurrence of violence
. a place for the Timket (Epiphany) Ethiopian celebrations by a predominantly Christian Christian population, but the inhabitants who are mostly Muslims wanted to build a statue to a local hero at the same place.
The dispute turned into bloody clashes on the weekends with both parties using stones, sticks and knives to fight each other.
Ethiopia is a highly religious country with about 98% of the 100 million inhabitants
Muslims make up about 33% of the population and are generally well integrated into Ethiopian society at large, although in recent years the Ethiopian government has warned of a danger of rising extremism among part of the Muslim community. 19659002] Christians of various faiths represent more than 60% of the Ethiopian population and generally live in harmony with their Muslim counterparts.
However, disputes over land rights and resource sharing have sometimes taken on a religious character sometimes leading to deadly clashes. .
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