More than 100 people, mostly from the Amhara ethnic group, have been killed in an attack in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to witnesses, who blamed the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) for one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory.
However, two other witnesses said more than 200 people have been killed. The regional government in Oromia confirmed the attack but did not give details about casualty figures. The central government in Addis Ababa could not be reached for comments.
“I have counted 230 bodies. I am afraid this is the deadliest attack against civilians we have seen in our lifetime,” Abdul-Seid Tahir, a resident of Gimbi county, told The Associated Press news agency after barely escaping the attack on Saturday.
Speaking to Al Jazeera from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, independent journalist Samuel Getachew said attacks against minorities were becoming more frequent in the East African country.
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe
Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
#Ethiopia #Amhara #Oromia
If Mussolini Invasion of Ethiopia Had Won ,Nothing of This Would Be Happening.
This is drama to spoil OLA name
Heartbreaking
Oromo people are slaughtering, burning and even eating Amhara people for the last three years and the government support the genocide.
Genocide
😭😭😭😭
As long as conflict continues to be based on ethnicity, religion, and what color shirt a person wears….humans have no chance.
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 needs more media coverage, B/c of very less coverage more than1000 people killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region:
It’s more than 1000 now … figures as high as 2000 being currently reported.
Cry,cry cry,cry,cry,cry,crycry to God.Return to God
Rely on God not on armed forces intelligence system.
God justifies against the barbaric crooked,wicked primitive OLF who receives order from Bekele Get a/Jawar.
God’s wrath and fierce fire on enemies of humanity OLF ofc,tplf,GLF etc against the west
Amharas are first largest group in Ethiopia,you must know more than 10million Amharas,pure live in Amhara,10milluon mingled Amharas live for n Oromia
This guest guy talks about citizenship in Ethiopia. We have never experienced such.
Before TPLF cancers came to power!
@Samuel Maru
From the part of the country I am from, we hardly ever experienced it. While we are all Ethiopians, our lived experiences are different. TPLF and even prior. There was an attempt at such things under Mengistu but never in the real sense, partly because the east was disputed territory between Somalia and Ethiopia.
STOP AMHARA GENOCIDE IN ETIOPIA ABIY AND THIER PARTY PROSPERITY IS THE KILLER😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
MORE YHAN 2K AMHARA KILLED IN ONE DAY STILL NOW
Now 680 Amhara ppl killed by ኦነግ ሸኔ
Amhara Genocide 😭😭😭😭
This is a proxy attack on behalf of Ethiopia’s geopolitical rivals…namely Egypt, Sudan…and even western agencies…!!..
Oromos are close to Amharas in culture, behavior and phenotype. Outsiders cant tell the difference.
Guys, I am Oromo.
This shall pass let us stand for the truth! I am a witness for this attack. This is real Genocide (Ethnic based clearance) I have never seen even in a horror movies.
It was pre-planed following the PM Abiy’s hate speech, on the parliament against Amhara Ethnic groups a day before, the planned and well organized attack committed by the joint cooperation of The Oromo prosperity party(party of PM Abiy) special forces and their indirect allies Oromo liberation front armed forces.
Thus, The world should be a voice for those voice less Pure victims who slaughtered like chickens.
The PM must be responsible for his hate speech that results in the Ethnic based Genocide ( massacre) of over 1000 pure Amhara civilians.
The whole world is listening. We are very concerned about the question of the killing of innocent people in Ethiopia for more than 4 years
Abiy Ahmed’s Administration, stop the Genocide of Amhara in Oromia region!!
First of all there is no independent journalism in Ethiopia. Second, the real terrorists are the government supposed Amhara fascist group FANO who are attacking Oromo and Tigre people with the full blessing of Abiy.
It’s More than 700 hundred peoples are killed in welega oromiya region. The reporter is layer please ask the Victims.
Please pray pray for Ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹💔💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭
Abiy killed them, not OLF Army
Oromos are revenging for centuries of injustices . Poor Ethiopia is heading for a complete break up and that means peace for east Africa and Eritrea. Independence for Oromo and the creation of Oromia is a MUST.
Are you defending these crimes or explaining them?
I am defending and explaining it.
@Berhe Tensea The only defence for murder I know is insanity.
@James Glass But why were they pushed to commit murder?
@Berhe Tensea They pushed themselves to do it. Who pulled the trigger, who swung the machete?
🟢🟡🔴 USA and UN, Amhara people are being massacred in Ethiopia at this moment. Why aren’t you speaking about them today as you were running your mouths about the fake victims of Tigray people ❓ That is because you are as criminals as Abiy Ahmed and TPLF❗️ Mark my word, as Ethiopia/Amhara was the reason for League of Nation dismantle, Ethiopia/Amhara will be the reason for UN’s dismantle/ fall apart in the near future❗️What a tragedy that you are too much of idiots to learn from history‼️
What resources are in the area?
wollege oromo and tigere killing Amhara children and women
Ethiopia is the most dangerous country in the world at the moment.
It is the work of Egypt supported Terrorist TPLF and Shene.
This was an attack on the mosque, targeting people there.
Nothing good ever been heard out Ethiopias Oromo region for the last 5 years who is really behind these savage Killings and burning towns that are multi Ethnics
thousands of Oromos and Tegray people are dying in Oromia, Tigray and Amhara region
Why do Oromos have issues with Amhara
Inferiority complex in all aspects!
Because Amhara has always been an enemy of Oromos and oppressed them over 150 years
In Ethiopia Even kids know the massacre leads by the government report the truth or let it
What are Amhara people doing in other regions with large numbers. Expansionist idea? Only Addis ababa should be shared among all ethnicities but not ones region
S😐🤨
All Amhara expansionists should be expelled from other regions. They don’t allow others to settle Amhara region but they want to settle and expand into other with the help of former kingdoms. You own only Amhara region, stay your region and stop expansion.
The best example of your point is FINFINNE/ADDIS ABABA has always been an Oromo city inside oromia and Amhara settlers want to claim it as their own even though it’s not anywhere near their Amhara territory!! You can’t make this up!
No more Amhara expansion.
@Abi H first stop your expansion then this will not happen
Tribilism is a curse in Africa
The numbers of Amhara killed by the government getting higher than 2000
Please say Amhara muslim killed
Amhara is inviders and OROMO is defending their Homeland Ethiopia
Are all victims are christian?
Amhara elites are the most controversial bigots of today on earth. Ethio 360 and some more have been promoting an Amhara expansionist, a more or less imperialist campaign among the Amharas. This politics is the root cause of the killings of many people in Tigray resulting in genocide and ethnics cleansing that still is going on in Western Tigrai. They want to expand the Amhara land by means of genocide and ethnic cleansing. 360 and many Amhara elites have been the driving forces for the creation of the so called Fano youth in Amhara. This interview proves without doubt what the Fano youth was and what it wants to be now. The fano leader asserts that their purpose was to cleans TPLF (a bread name for the people of Tigray). When asked what their goals are now, he answered without any hesitation, they want to topple Abiy and build an Amhara government in Ethiopia. This means they want to subjugate all other 90 ethnicity under their rule. I am sure soon Habtamu and 360 will start to cry and go berserk on the Oromos due to the genocide on Amhara civilians in Oromia. They can not even connect the genocide going on western Tigrai to that going on in Oromia. For Habtamo and 360 there are two types of ethnic cleansing and they are different. When commited against Amharas by Oromo then it is really genocide and ethnic cleansing, when on the other hand children, mothers, young and old are slaughtered and pushed out of Western Tigray by Fano, then it is deaf ear. What an irony, it is sad for the innocent people of Amhara and the disillusioned youth that is being pushed to commit things that will hit his people back.
Stop amhara genocide
Shocked news 📰 I am sorry
More then 1600 amaharas people killed in oromya by OLF this year every weeks international human rights still no word sad …
Samuel, you just clearly stated why disturbing incidents are going on today as the damage was done sometime ago during TPLF’s regime. Let us NOW Embrace ETHIOPIA and we shall PREVAIL!
Ethiopia AMHARAATTACK ERITREA government INSIDE OROMO religion NOW
ETHIOPIA WAR ERITREA ERITREA government MONEY WITH DROWEL AND ALL EMBASSY CLOSED AND ALL Eritrea PASSPORT DEAD AND ALL SHIP PORT CLOSED THE DOOR ERITREA ETHICE AND BAD AND GUILTY ISSAYS government LEADER CLOSED AND OS ON
ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER AMAN NEW
ETHIOPIA AMAN NEATER THAN ABIY
The Federal government is a joke to me.
oromo and nuer refugee from south sudan rebels are the one killing people in oromiya and Gambella region,including one anywaa ethiopan, Canadian citizen die there on June 14/2022.
Shame on you current oromia region leaders no matter what ethnic group we have right and entitled to leaves as human being whatever region of Ethiopia .
however The terrorist OLF &TPLF collaborated and orcastrarted massacred thousands of ethnic Amhara’s in oromia region and other parts of the country just because of their ethnicities shame on you current oromia region leaders you thought you can hide this genocide from the media and rest of the world .
the oromos are killing amharas and tgras HELP HELP HELP get rid of the president please people are suffering
The Amhara killed are more than 600 people only from Wolega
the oromo libration party is indeed supported by the government is the world going to watch the same thing that happened in ruwanda happen in ethiopia. people are being killed based on race door by door.nobody is accountable for any actions because it is supported by the president.
Pray for peace in Ethiopia.
Before you pray for peace in Ethiopia, pray for justice and fairness then peace will follow, free oromia, free the Somalis under Ethiopian occupation then peace will follow
This is the work of Egypt in collaboration with OLF a known terrorist group. Egyptian so called journalist and scholars have been openly discussing eradicating Amhara from Ethiopia. Egypt get ready for the wrath of God.
the count goes above 3000 innocent AMhara’s people murdered in one day by ABiye AHmed after his hate speach he had infront of parliament
Abiy must go more than 3000 people killed and 5000 displaced from wolega oromiya why Amhara people?
stop killing Amhara People Abiy Must Go
this is The problem of the Government
Abiy and Shimalis is so stupid and cruel
Tigrayans are going through the worst genocide, in the dark by Amharas and we are still being blamed. The true fact is that Amharas are fighting all nations/nationalities on all corners and taking land – would anyone in the right mind expect to live in peace after hurting others. Ethiopia will never be one again
This journalist is the enemy of Oromo. He hate nation bitterly. He is not an independent journal.
Amhara is only ethnic who has problem all ethiopian ethnic, sorry for their leaders who are radical and terrorist
Shame on Swedish people for giving the PM killing certificate in Ethioipia. Abiy Ahmed did not killed us from his day of appointment but Alfed Nobel killed us. The certificate covered up the PM criminal acts.
Since European colonization created Ethiopia by brutal 134 years ago. Amhara milked human bloods 100 years. Tigray milked human bloods 27 years. Why we are jealous Oromo timeline?
A genocide committed by Tigray party-TPLF and Oromo party-OLA over Amhara people have to be investigated independently by UNHC. Now the killed number it is going up about 900 people.
abiy Ahmed stop Amhara jenocide in oromeya region Ethiopia 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Embarrassing low-level behavior.
The world can see how Amharas led the Ethiopia until now humanley with integrity and pride with all the ups and downs. Amhara must lead the nation. Tigre Oromo or any one with other emotions and feelings can’t lead b/she there is NO Ethiopia inside them. They can easily manipulated by outsides.
😀 you spoke like a true Amhara extremist!
More than 700 hundred and counting thank you for covering the news
The main problem is journalists like the one you’re Interviewing are misinforming, misleading, and feeding the wrong information to the world instead of stating the facts. You may ask yourself; has this type of massacre, mass killing, atrocities, weaponizing starvation and rape, and unheard amount of cruelty happened among the Ethiopian civilians over the past 30 years? I don’t think so, otherwise you would have heard it one way or another.
The facts are, the correct Ethiopian Prime Minister “Abbey Ahmed Ali” and his allies are fully responsible for orchestrating and allowing ethnicity cleansing, killing, massacring, and committing heinous crimes among the Ethiopian civilians just to stay in power.
800 nawu
It is not 100 people more than 1000
Killing kids and woman this terrorist group
The government arrange it killing
Mr From Addis Ababa tack Response seven. It’s been four years killing Innocent children woman you leader ship.
Oromo civilian are the victim of gang of “naftenya fanno” who killed over 300 full track of wallo oromo in bush.
Abiy Ahmed is 100% responsible for the genocide of Amhara because he want to steal their land and make it Oromiya. Abiy Ahmed is the one who murdered them.
This journalist is a puppet of Abiy Ahmed.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is the one who killed them, and blame it on Shene. Abiy is a murderer and he needs to be held accountable
As long as Abiy is in power, more bloodshed will a daily life in Ethiopia.
also oromo people is adead in amara region
Sorry to journalist he see only one side. What about Oromo killed in Wollo, Gambella and all in Ethiopia?
Baised report!
“Ethiopia” has never been a one unified country since it’s founding days by the western powers like the British, France and Italy in 1896. There’ll be always ethnic conflicts and oppression in Ethiopia until it’s eventual break up. The best solution for Ethiopia is to break it up like Yugoslavia was broken up until then no one should complain any eventual deaths, oppressions and persecutios. Also Amhara are the only group who want to keep Ethiopia together because it’s them who will only benefit keeping Ethiopia together and exploiting everyone else, they want to oppress and erase everyone else’s culture, religion, traditional names, national symbols so on and so forth. I’m guessing Amhara will pay any price to control and dominate anyone and everyone in fake western made political borders known as Ethiopia. And strange situation in Ethiopia is that Amharas settled in and exploit the resources of everyone ethnic groups region while at the same time persecute any other ethnic groups and outright expell from their territory. They don’t allow anyone to share their resources and region when they are in everyone else’s territory and exploiting their resources, Amharas are everywhere in oromia, in the Somali region, benishangul, afar, and many other nations when none of them can live nor allowed to live in Amhara region peacefully nor equally.
the failures of the TPLF led goverement still haunt the country to this day, this tribalism was inevitable
The actual numbers are bigger and it’s a government sponsored ethnic cleansing it has been happening for the past couple of years
2:45 “everyone feels they are either Amhara, Oromo or Gurage” I see what he did there he left out Somali because he knows the world will instantly recognize Somali if he mentions the name and he doesn’t want the world to recognize Somali and identity Somali with Ethiopia even though 1/3 of so called Ethiopia is Somali territory under occupation.
They killed 700 hundred people
More than 1000 not 100
Genocide in Ethiopia
Shimeles Abdisa and all OLF supporters are accused of genocide
So sad:(
They are killed by “Fano terror groups” no OLF .