Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday accused rebels of carrying out a new 'massacre' of civilians in a restive area in the far west of the country and vowed to wipe out the group.
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday accused rebels of carrying out a new "massacre" of civilians in a restive area in the far west of the country and vowed to wipe out the group.
Officials have blamed the OLA for a number of massacres targeting Amharas, Ethiopia's second largest ethnic group, although the rebels have denied responsibility. "Nobody came to our rescue," one survivor was quoted as telling the Amhara Media Corporation, a state-run regional outlet. It said in a statement that government security forces were reported to have reached the area but that residents continued to seek shelter elsewhere.
In June, several hundred people, mostly Amhara, were massacred by gunmen in the village of Tole in West Wollega, an area adjacent to Qellem Wollega, according to witnesses. UN rights chief Michele Bachelet called on the Ethiopian authorities to conduct "prompt, impartial and thorough" investigations into the Tole attack.
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