⁍ The attacks, whose victims included women and children, happened on Sept. 6-13.
⁍ The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said hundreds of civilians were displaced as a result of the violence.
⁍ In June last year, men in camouflage uniforms killed more than 50 people and injured 23 in the same area.
– At least 30 people, including women and children, were killed in attacks by “armed militia men” last week in a region of Ethiopia bordering Sudan, an opposition leader tells Reuters. “Farmers and members of their families were kidnapped (and) brought to an elementary school in the area where they were handcuffed and shot one by one,” says Desalegn Chane, a member of new political party the National Movement of Amhara. In June last year, men in camouflage uniforms killed more than 50 people and injured 23 in the same area. The attacks in the Metakal zone of Benishangul-Gumuz region, which happened on Sept. 6-13, are “the latest security headache for reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government,” says Desalegn. Abiy tweeted Thursday that 29 hostages taken in the region have been released, adding the attackers are “groups aimed at overturning the reforms journey.” The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said hundreds of civilians were displaced as a result of the violence and asked regional authorities to launch an investigation. “There have been at least two rounds of killings of civilians, and hundreds of civilians have also been displaced,” the commission said in a statement.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-violence/more-than-30-killed-in-militia-attacks-in-western-ethiopia-idUSKBN2682LZ