Attackers kill 60 people in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Oromiya region, Orthodox church says
The church said more than 20 people were also seriously wounded and 20 homes were burned in the attacks.
- 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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Ethiopian Orthodox leaders call for justice, protection after 60 Christians killed in attacks
The Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church called on the Ethiopian government to intervene after armed assailants killed 60 Orthodox Christians in two separate attacks.
Attacks kill at least 60 Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, church says – WTOP News
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two attacks in Ethiopia’s Oromia region killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians, the country’s Orthodox Church said, urging authorities to protect civilians and bring those responsible to justice. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Holy Synod said Monday that 14 people were killed in Merti district on Oct. 20 and a further...
Armed gangs of murderers move through Christian villages in Ethiopia and cause a bloodbath. At least 60 Orthodox Christians were murdered within a few days, including children. The massacres took place in a majority Muslim region where religious extremists had already committed bloody attacks on Christians. For years, the faithful have been terrorized, while the government hardly does anything about it.
60 Christians Slaughtered in Ethiopia in Latest Massacre, Children Reported Dead
Church officials in Ethiopia have confirmed that at least 60 Orthodox Christians, including five children, were murdered in two separate attacks last week in the nation’s conflict-heavy Oromia region. A […]
Sixty Christians have been killed in the Ethiopian region of Oromia in recent days, according to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
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