Gunmen executed 32 individuals and torched greater than 20 homes in a raid on an space in western Ethiopia, a regional administrator mentioned on Monday.
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The killings had been carried out on Sunday by an armed group referred to as OLF Shane within the western Wollega zone within the Oromiya area, administrator Elias Umeta advised Reuters.
“We buried 32 of them as we speak. About 700 to 750 individuals had been additionally pushed away from the realm,” he mentioned.
OLF Shane cut up from the Oromo Liberation Entrance (OLF), an opposition celebration that spent years in exile however was allowed to return to Ethiopia after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took workplace in 2018. Sporadic violence has shaken Ethiopia ever since.
OLF Shane says they’re combating for the rights of Oromos, the biggest ethnic group in Ethiopia. However there was no instantly identified motive for the murders, Umeta mentioned.
“They had been executed after being advised by the armed group that they wished a gathering with them,” he mentioned.
