The number of people detained over the deadly violence which broke out on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday has risen to 200, police are quoted by the state-linked Fana Broadcasting Corporate as saying.
Extra security officers have been deployed to the violence-hit area and operations are under way to recover looted properties, police added.
At least 23 people were killed in the unrest in and around Burayu, a town north-west of Addis Ababa.
Some residents say the violence was unleashed by members of the Oromo ethnic group, the largest in Ethiopia, who demanded that people from minority communities “leave their land”.
