Eight hundred and thirty-five armed members of the Oromo Liberation Front, OLF, have been arrested by a Command Post in Ethiopia, the state-affiliated FBC reports. Weapons and other logistics were seized in the raid that resulted in the arrest of the OLF members who are believed to be behind a spike in crime incidents in western Oromia. The Command Post was established to prevent deadly incidents between Oromia and Benishangul Gumuz regional states. The recent looting particularly of banks in western Oromia by armed men believed to be from the OLF led to reports last weekend that the army was carrying out airstrikes in the area. That point was reiterated by the Command Post which said no such strikes had taken place.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2019 17:03 UTC