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 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Riot police deployed across the Ethiopian capital firing guns and lobbing grenades Wednesday to quell a second day of protests over disputed parliamentary elections. At least 23 people were killed and 150 wounded, including children, doctors and hospital workers said.
One man said police broke into his family's housing compound firing guns indiscriminately in their search for stone-throwing demonstrators.
However, government Information Minister Berhan Hailu said the casualty figures had been exaggerated and put the death toll at 11 civilians and one police officer. He said 54 officers and 28 civilians were injured.
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