Ethiopia : Amhara civilians have been massacred in Wellega, Oromia

It was discovered that more than 30 Amhara natives were killed by the special forces of the Oromia region in the eastern Welega Kiremu district in the morning. The targeted attack mostly on ethnic Amhara people were carried out on Friday at 7AM in Kiremu district by the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA).The attack as a ‘state terror attack’ in which the Oromia Special Forces participated using heavy weapons.

This number of deaths was recorded in only one place and it was pointed out that it was not possible to know the number of children, women and elderly people who were killed by the security forces who were fleeing for their lives.  

 

The special forces of the Oromia region opened fire on more than 60,000 IDPs who were sheltering in a kebele named Haro Addisalem in East Wolega Zone, Gida Kiremu District, from the morning of today, December 14/2015 AD, and more than 30 Amhara natives were killed in one place alone, according to eyewitnesses who were fleeing for their lives.  

It will not be forgotten that the security forces of the region, with the help of Dashka and Breen, opened fire on the Amhara natives who were sheltering in Haro Addis Alem Kebele in Gida Kiremu district from one o'clock in the morning. It is known that the Amhara natives were displaced from the various kebeles under the district due to the previous attacks and took refuge in a kebele called Haro Addisalem.  

Many youths and adults were killed in the previous attack and many were arrested for being extremists, and it was confirmed that children and the elderly make up the largest number of the 60,000 IDPs who have taken refuge in Haro Addisalem Kebele. It has been reported that more than 30 Amhara natives were killed in one place alone by the security forces of the region, including the special forces, from one o'clock in the morning today, December 14/2015, with the help of group weapons.  

The eyewitnesses confirmed that they were unable to determine the number of women and elderly people. The eyewitnesses stated that they had no way to escape because the special forces of the region opened fire on them in four directions. The special forces opened fire on the evacuees from one o'clock in the morning today, and the eyewitnesses at the scene stated that they did not stop till the time of writing this news.

 Unspecified numbers of civilians have been ‘masacared’ in what a political party described as a state terror attack on Friday morning in Haro Addis Alem locality in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.

ENAT party and an MP, Christian Tadelle said the targeted attack mostly on ethnic Amhara people were carried out on Friday at 7AM in Kiremu district by the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA).

The ENAT party in a statement described the attack as a ‘state terror attack’ in which the Oromia Special Forces participated using heavy weapons.

It is not yet known how many civilians were ‘massacred’ but it is believed to have been one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory as ethnic tensions occuring in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the attack and reportedly have dispersed in the jungles of different directions, the party added while the MP called for help from the Ethiopian National Defence Forces.

The latest attack was carried out 50 kilometers away from Anger Guten where the Ethiopian National Defence Forces are deployed.

Meanwhile, the Oromia Regional State is arming ethnic Oromo people in Anger Guten town in east Wollega zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia Regional State, eyewitnesses have told Mereja.com.

The newly armed Oromos are those civilians who played their part in the massacre of ethnic Amharas in the town, said the eyewitnesses.

According to the eyewitnesses, even though the newly armed civilians did not have a gunfire experience, they were armed with high quality guns which are not even held by members of the Ethiopian national army.

The OLA militants have killed thousands of ethnic Amhara civilians, abducted scores of university students, and pillaged and burned untold numbers of homes in east Wollega zone of Oromia Regional State over the past four years following the coming of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to power in April 2, 2010.