A TV station based outside Ethiopia broadcast footage of the fire
Ethiopian opposition
activists are wondering what's happened to their leaders who they believe
were being held at the Qilinto prison, Reuters news agency is reporting.
The Ethiopian
authorities have not revealed many details of exactly what happened in Saturday's fire at the prison, where some
opposition political figures are being held on remand ahead of court
appearances.
The
government has said that 23 inmates died - 21 suffocated in a
stampede while two others were killed as they tried to escape.
The
opposition Oromo Federalist Congress has said that it has no information
about what has happened to six of its imprisoned leaders, Reuters reports.
Source: BBC
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