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Former Ethiopian region president tries escaping from police custody

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A former president of an Ethiopian region Abdi Mohammed Omer, who was arrested on charges of human rights abuses and stoking deadly ethnic clashes tried to escape by climbing out a window while in police custody ahead of a court appearance today.

Abdi Mohammed Omer, who was a former administrator of the Somali Region, was forced to resign on August six and arrested weeks later after violence broke out in the provincial capital Jijiga. He has since been accused of presiding over widespread rights abuses that included torture, rapes and killings.

“In his escape attempt, he broke a window before choking a member of the police force,” the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation news outlet said, quoting a police statement.The agency said Abdi subsequently denied the claim in court, and said the accusations were aimed at “tarnishing his name

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