Head of the Bench Sheko zone administration described the Gura Farda attack as “Shameful and ruthless”. The had been attacks on ethnic-Amhara during the TPLF dominated administration tooborkenaOctober 23, 2020At least 31 innocent civilians had been brutally massacred this week in the Gura Farda district of Bench Sheko zone in Southern Ethiopia. The police department in the zone had confirmed the killing and the attackers are described as “unidentified gunmen.”Fikre Aman, head of Bench Sheko zone administration, said that “unidentified men opened fire on innocent civilians,” on October 18 and October 21. Speaker of the House remark on the massacreSpeaker of the House of Representative Tagese Chafo, along with Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Defense Force and State Minister in the Ministry of Peace, visited Bench Sheko Zone. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government is widely criticized for non-stop violent attacks on civilians since he took power in April 2018.

Source: Ethiopian News October 23, 2020 19:41 UTC