The deaths occurred in the towns of Gende Wuha and Kokit, about 20 kms ad 40kms of Metema respectively. Western Gondar zone deputy administrator Adebabay Mulugeta confirmed about the incident and deaths, without giving an exact figure of dead or injured. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the Gende Wuha this morning to express their anger, some asking the defence forces to leave the area, according to Deutsche Welle Amharic radio. Witnesses who talked to DW gave a different account, saying the armed security forces began shooting residents in the streets, killing and injuring innocent people, including a seven-year-old girl. Those who carried out the killings and those who ordered should be brought to justice, he wrote on his Facebook page.

Source: Ethiopian News January 09, 2019 22:52 UTC