After violent protests erupted in Ethiopia following a split in the country’s Orthodox Church, images appeared on social media with claims that they show an assortment of weapons found in the house of an Ethiopian Orthodox Church leader. The Ethiopian government has traditionally maintained a cordial relationship with the Orthodox Church, to which at least 40 percent of the country’s population adheres. Local media reported that in January, a section of bishops from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church accused the organisation of ethnic discrimination and formed a splinter group. Story continuesBut the images do not show weapons seized from an Orthodox Church leader’s house. Hundreds of Jimma Orthodox Christians have been abducted and arrested by Oromia forces,” reads the tweet.

Source: Ethiopian News February 24, 2023 17:42 UTC