ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Garowe Online) – At least 1,700 Somalis have been rounded up in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa over the past 48 hours, Radio Garowe reports.
Sources in Addis Ababa said all the detainees were Somali men, some of whom were pulled out of their homes for questioning by Woyanne security agents.
“The Somali men who were arrested were here [in Addis Ababa] for different reasons, but mainly as transit” to other parts of the world, said Addis Ababa resident Mulki Mohamed.
She indicated that the men are being held at seven different locations, adding: “We do not know the real reason for the arrests.”
Addis Ababa has expressed increasing concern of terror attacks inside Ethiopian cities, with emerging reports indicating that the Somali detainees were asked questions about any links to Somali insurgent groups.