Attackers kill 60 people in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Oromiya region, Orthodox church says
The church said 60 believers were killed, more than 20 were wounded and 20 homes were burned, and it urged authorities to protect worshippers.
- On Monday, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church announced that at least 60 people were killed in two separate attacks in the Oromiya region on October 20 and October 24.
- The Oromiya regional government blamed the Coalition for the Survival of Ethiopian Popular Forces, formed last month to overthrow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed; the OLA rejected the accusations.
- Eyewitnesses described the violence as an ambush that burned more than 20 homes and hospitalized over 20 people. Patriarch Abuna Matias condemned it as 'totally unacceptable according to any religious teaching or principle of Human Rights.'
- The Church stated that 'so far there has been no solution' to security concerns repeatedly raised with government authorities. A church official described the attacks in the Shirka district as a 'massacre' that security forces could not stop.
- According to the Ethiopian Human Rights Council, more than 450 people were killed in attacks in the area over the previous four years, often targeting the Orthodox community in what the council described as religiously motivated violence.
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EcopoliticMassacre against Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia! At least 60 people, including children, were killed in two bloody attacks committed in the Oromia region. Armed men broke into Christian communities, attacked homes and set fire to houses, causing panic among locals. Survivors accuse the authorities of ignoring warnings about the presence of armed groups in the area, and some of them even talk about possible complicity. Ethiopian Orthodox Church …
60 Christians Murdered in Ethiopia Amid Years of Targeted Attacks * The Gateway Pundit * by Antonio Graceffo
At least 60 Orthodox Christians were killed in two attacks in central Ethiopia’s Oromia region over the past week, according to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
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At Least 60 Orthodox Christians Killed, 20 Homes Burned in Attacks Across Ethiopia’s Oromia Region
Two attacks on Christian communities in Ethiopia’s Oromia region left at least 60 people dead, more than 20 seriously injured and 20 homes destroyed, prompting ... The post At Least 60 Orthodox Christians Killed, 20 Homes Burned in Attacks Across Ethiopia’s Oromia Region first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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At least 60 people were killed in attacks on Christians in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church said Monday.Worshipers at St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Adama, a city in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region. Credit: Gyrofrog/wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.The Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church announced Oct. 26 that more than 20 others were seriously injured in the attacks and 20 homes burned to the ground.“The…
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