Gunmen killed at least 42 people in Ethiopia's Oromia region, two residents who buried the bodies in mass graves said Friday, the latest killings in the country's most populous region where escalating violence has left hundreds dead. The latest attack by an armed group against local residents occurred Tuesday, they said, in the Amuru district, around 370 kilometers west of the capital, Addis Ababa. Clashes between the Oromo and Amhara, Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, have been rising in recent months. Oromia has experienced years of violence amid accusations of neglect by the federal government in Addis Ababa. Both residents said the attackers, carrying rifles and numbering between 150-200 men, were speaking Amharic and wore a mishmash of uniforms.

Source: Ethiopian News September 03, 2022 06:18 UTC