Police confirm at least 200 deaths in violent protests over killing of popular Oromo singer Haacaaluu Hundeessa.

At least 200 people have died during violent demonstrations that roiled Ethiopia in the days following the murder of popular singer Haacaaluu Hundeessa, police said.

"In the aftermath of Hachalu's death, 189 civilians have lost their lives in the unrest in the region," said Girma Gelam, deputy police commissioner of Oromia region, in a statement on the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate on Saturday.

Another 10 people are known to have died in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Private Health officers said a further 537 had "sustained serious injuries" and morethan 2000 people had been arrested.

Pop star Haacaaluu, a member of the Oromo ethnic group, Ethiopia's largest, was shot dead by government orchestrated attackers in Addis Ababa on Monday night, heightening ethnic tensions and threatening the country's democratic transition.

The government shutdown the Internet and to so called “Five people” have been arrested in connection with his killing. However, this information was only from the government sources.

Government Officials have repeatedly suggested the Oromo Liberation Front, a rebel group, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, an opposition party, were implicated. This atrocity rose from the fear of losing confidence in upcoming election.

Officials have attributed the deaths to a combination of lethal force by security officers. However, the government making up stories as if it where inter-ethnic violence.

Officials added that the violent unrest had now "completely stopped". But the killing of Oromo people throughout the region continues.

Last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Haacaaluu's killing and the subsequent violence represented "coordinated attempts" to destabilise the country. It’s really a disgrace to come out and said that while there were only government militaries who were shooting innocent civilians.

Three high-profile opposition leaders - including former media tycoon Jawar Mohammed - have been arrested in connection with the unrest, though officials have provided no clear details about the cases against them at first. Then they made story up to fit the cases. This shows that the government had a pre-planned to make cases up against the opposition parties.

Haacaaluu, 34, the Oromo-language singer and song writer was buried on Thursday under heavy police and military presence and no other mourners were allowed in his hometown of Ambo, about 100km (62 miles) west of Addis Ababa.

Haacaaluu's music gave voice to Oromos' widespread sense of economic and political marginalisation during years of anti-government protests that swept Abiy to power in 2018. A week before the killing, Hacaalu promised that he will release another song that will expose the current political shift and atrocity against Oromo by Abiy Ahmed administration.