borkenaFebruary 14,2019138 individuals are arrested in connection with violence in Western Gonder region, in Western Ethiopia, according to a report by state media – EBC. 33 Division of the Defense Force posted in the region following the violence in involved in the arrest of the suspects, and it has confirmed that 138 individuals are arrested. Hand guns, grenades, and defense force uniforms are also seized. Some of the weapons recovered are only used during conventional war, or otherwise, and are meant to be available only to the Defense Force. Colonel Angesom is cited as saying that there is still weaponry that is believed to be in the hands of individuals engaged orchestrating violence in the region.

Source: Ethiopian News February 15, 2019 04:30 UTC