source: Addis Standard
actor1: Rioters (Ethiopia)
actor2: Civilians (Ethiopia)
location: Motta
notes: On 20 December 2019, a mob burnt down two mosques and a muslim-owned business center in Mota (east Gojam zone, Amhara regional state). Rioters attacked the mosques and business center after a fire started in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church. The cause of the church fire is not known. [size=no report]