Prosecutor
files charges against four rioters
Addis Ababa, July 18 (ENA)-- The prosecutor has filed charges
against 4 of the seven youths suspected of involving in property
destruction rampage in woreda 13 of the metropolis following the clash between
police and the Addis Ababa University students.
The four suspects stand trial at the second criminal
bench of the federal high court on Monday to hear the
written charges settled against them by the prosecutor.
The prosecutor accused the four defendants of setting
alight 13 vehicles, a printing equipment, guard houses
and various other materials at the compound of the
National Examinations Organization.
According to the charge file pressed against the accused, the property
blighted by the youths was valued at over 12 million Birr.
The prosecutor said the youths committed the crime after
storming into the premises of the organization and chasing the guards on
duty.
The court has ordered the police to bring the other
three suspects before the court of law.
The court was adjourned for 11 October.
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