Police fire teargas, warning shots at Ethiopia protest

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Police in Ethiopia's Oromiya region fired teargas and warning shots on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede that caused several casualties, witnesses said. Sporadic protests have erupted in Oromiya in the last two years, initially sparked by a land row and increasingly turning more broadly against the government. When police fired teargas and guns into the air, crowds fled and created a stampede, some