The National Security Council of Ethiopia said the federal and regional security institutions will take all the necessary, legal and proportionate measures to restore order.
The Council issued a statement today following the instability being observed in some parts of the country and around the administrative center of the Oromo zone in the Amhara regional state as well as in north Shoa zone.
The lives lost and the damages caused to property in Kemissie, administrative center of the Oromo zone, and its environs is an unacceptably by any measurement, the Council said.
After offering its deepest condolences, the Council said ensuring rule of law and the wellbeing of citizens is the key responsibility of the government, it added.
Accordingly, the federal and regional security institutions were ordered to take the necessary, legal and proportionate measures to stabilize the areas and protect residents, the statement added.
According to the statement, a team composed of members from the federal and regional institutions, has been dispatched the areas in order to investigate the cause of the instability and bring instigators to justice.