More than 210 killed in violence in western Ethiopia

  • Published by Agence France-Presse on 27th August 2021
    Northern Ethiopia has been wracked by conflict since November when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, sent troops into Tigray to topple the TPLF. PHOTO | FILE
 
  • More than 210 people were killed over several days of ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s tense Oromia region last week, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said Thursday.
  • The state-affiliated but independent commission said witnesses described gunmen affiliated with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a rebel group, arriving on August 18 after security forces withdrew from Gida-Kirimu in the western region.
  • “The area’s residents and others have told the commission more than 150 people were killed by the gunmen,” the human rights body said.
  • The attack forced women and children to flee to neighbouring areas, and sparked a wave of revenge killings.
 

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