It was about the violence, about the trafficking. It spoke of the police and our friends who had been dying. We also wanted to find solutions.

Most of the violence is in the night so we want to give people a place to go.

Clearly, Mr. Muhammad and his group of misguided individuals were attempting to bait our officers into violence. The Police Protective League urges you not to take the bait.

We are on red alert. All state commissioners of police are under instructions to monitor developments and prevent any violence.

We have a situation ... with the police facing attempted murder and police facing violence which is on a scale that we haven't seen for many years,

We call on the Ethiopian government to halt the police violence and set up an independent and impartial commission of inquiry.