Witnesses in Ethiopia say more than 200 ethnic Amhara have been killed in an attack in the country’s Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group.
Witnesses in Ethiopia say more than 200 ethnic Amhara have been killed in an attack in the country’s Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group. It is one of the deadliest such attacks in recent memory as ethnic tensions continue in Africa’s second most populous country.
“I have counted 230 bodies. I am afraid this is the deadliest attack against civilians we have seen in our lifetime,” said Abdul-Seid Tahir, a resident of Gimbi county, after barely escaping the attack on Saturday.
“We are burying them in mass graves and we are still collecting bodies. Federal army units have now arrived, but we fear that the attacks could continue if they leave.
