UN calls for independent probe into religious violence in Ethiopia

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Geneva on September 13, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Saturday denounced a recent deadly Christian-Muslim violence in Ethiopia and called for an immediate probe into the incidents.

“I am deeply distressed by the recent violent clashes between Muslims and Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia in which at least 30 people were reportedly killed and more than 100 others injured,” Bachelet said in a statement.