Lions kill Ethiopian villagers

Lions unsettled by deforestation have killed 20 Ethiopian villagers and devoured 750 of their domestic animals.

"The lions killed shepherds tending cattle and villagers after breaking into their houses," local official Tadesse Gichore said of the attacks about 500km south of Addis Ababa.

Authorities were hunting the lions, which began roaming after their habitat was wrecked by deforestation.