JOHANNESBURG - Twenty people appeared in court in the Ethiopian capital on Monday following a grenade attack at a rally for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in which two people were killed and scores wounded, Reuters reported.
The attack was launched by an unidentified assailant moments after the 41-year-old prime minister, a former soldier who took office in April, finished his speech to tens of thousands of people gathered in the centre of Addis Ababa on Saturday.
A witness saw Abiy whisked away by guards.
Addressing the nation on television shortly after the blast and still wearing a green t-shirt he was handed at the rally, Abiy said the attack was an "attempt by forces who do not want to see Ethiopia united."
State-affiliated Fana reported that those in court included Girma Kassa, deputy police commissioner for the capital.
He is among nine police officials arrested.