Gunmen in western Ethiopia killed at least 34 people in an attack on a bus on Saturday night, the national human rights body said on Sunday, as fears grow of a security vacuum in the country amid a military campaign in the north. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said the number of people killed was likely to rise after what it called a “gruesome” attack on the passenger bus in the Benishangul-Gumuz region. It said there were reports of “similar” attacks, and of people fleeing the violence, in other parts of the region. “The latest attack is a grim addition to the human cost which we bear collectively,” Daniel Bekele, commission head, said in a statement. The violence comes amid a 12-day-old war between the Ethiopian government and the restive Tigray region in the country’s north.

Source: The Express Tribune November 15, 2020 13:02 UTC