Ethiopian local authorities said on Thursday that “numerous civilians” killed militias last week in the restless region of Oromia, not stating more details.
Oromia, the most populous region in the country, from 2018. was affected by the Rebell of the OROOM Liberation Army, and peace negotiations did not bring progress.
The Central Region, where the capital of Addis Ababa is located, is destroyed by conflicts including political split, land disputes and ethnic conflicts.
The attack occurred on Friday, he announced for AFP local District Ketema Wakuma, about 300 kilometers west of Addis Ababa.
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– The extremist forces of the Fan was committed by a crime in which numerous civilians were killed – he said, thinking of the “self-defense” of Fano, clashing in the neighboring Amhar region against government forces since April 2023.
– The exact number of killed is unknown – he added.
The local independent newspaper Addis Standard announced that at least 20 people were killed in the incident, and three were abducted.
Fano, mostly an autonomous group without a central command, increases its security attacks and managed to take the cities in Amhari several times.
Armed conflicts currently shake the two most popular regions of Ethiopia, Amhar and Oromy.
The country has suffered one of the deadliest conflicts in the last decades in the northern Tigray, when Federal Forces clashed with Tigraya rebels between 2020. and 2022. At least 600,000 were killed.
(Vijesti.ba/fena)
