Several dozen people have been killed in an ethnic massacre in Ethiopia’s troubled Benishangul-Gumuz region, reports say. The Amhara Mass Media Agency, affiliated with the country’s Amhara region, cites witnesses as saying the attack occurred early Wednesday morning in the Metekel zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz region. The ruling party in the region, the Benishangul-Gumuz Prosperity Party, said in a statement that “armed bandits” had committed a “horrifying crime”. One rebel attack on November 1 in the far western Oromia region killed at least 54 people, according to Amnesty International. An attack in the Benishangul-Gumuz region in early October killed at least 14 civilians, according to a security official.

Source: Ethiopian News January 23, 2021 00:16 UTC