ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) —
Ethiopia's government says it hopes U.S. authorities will prosecute
protesters who tried to take down the national flag on the grounds of
its embassy in Washington.
A
security attache at the embassy, who has since returned home, fired a
gun during the Sept. 29 incident, which has renewed tensions between
Ethiopia's government and dissident groups.
Dina
Mufti, a spokesman for Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told
Ethiopian state television that the protesters have ties with Eritrea
and the Somali Islamic extremist group al-Shabab.
He
said the U.S. government is expected to protect the integrity of the
embassy and to charge the "intruders," who chanted anti-government
slogans as they tried to take down the flag of Ethiopia.
Critics of Ethiopia's government say it is intolerant of political dissent.
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