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Amnesty urges Ethiopia to probe Mogadishu mosque executions - Yahoo! News

Amnesty urges Ethiopia to probe Mogadishu mosque executions - Yahoo! News
NAIROBI (AFP) - Amnesty International on Friday called on Ethiopia to investigate allegations that its troops killed at least 21 people, including 11 unarmed civilians, in a mosque in the Somali capital.
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The rights group cited several sources which said Ethiopian troops carried out the killings on April 19. The Ethiopian government has rejected the claims.

At least 10 other people were killed by Ethiopian forces near the Al-Hidaya mosque in northern Mogadishu, bringing the death toll to 31, an Amnesty statement said.

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