ESAT (November 27, 2015)
Federal police killed one person in Nejo, Wellega as the protest against a new master plan spread to Ambo, Ginchi, Jeldu, Mendi, Dire, Onchonina, Nedjo towns in Oromia. He was an 11 grade student in the town.
The protest largely attracted students, government employees, and other members of the society. The protestors demanded the government to halt the implementation of the Addis Ababa master plan, give attention to the current drought, and take action against deforestation in the area.
A resident of Nejo, who talked to ESAT on the phone, said the town was under siege. He said, unknown number of federal and regional security forces entered the town to quell the protest.
“But I don’t think intimidation would stop us asking our rights,” he said on the phone from Nejo.
The protestors said the farmers who live in the outskirts of Addis Ababa would be victims of the controversial master plan.
It was recalled that corrupt TPLF cadres buy land from farmers at dirt cheap prices and sell them for millions of dollars to investors.
Source: http://ethsat.com/police-kill-one-person-as-protest-continues-in-oromia/