Unknown number of Amhara people were killed in ethnically motivated attacks in Gura-Ferda district in Bench – Sheka zone of South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia, APA can report on Saturday.
Eye witnesses blamed members of security forces and other armed groups for the attack which also left thousands of people displaced and several houses burned down.
According to the eyewitnesses, the attackers demanded the ethnic Amhara people in the region to leave the area without any pre-conditions
In the recent spate of targeted attacks in Ataye, Kemisie, Majete and Shewa Robit towns in Amhara Regional State have left several people dead and dozens of houses burned to the ground, leaving hundreds of people without homes.
The exact number of fatalities has not been disclosed yet. Residents of Ataye town claimed several people were killed in the recent protracted attacks carried out by the militants of the rebel Oromo Liberation Front otherwise called OLF-Shene.
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