Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that security forces had killed dozens of civilians in Gambella in June suspected of collaborating with rebels after an attack on the southwestern city. The state-affiliated independent rights body had earlier accused security forces of carrying out "door-to-door executions" of residents, according to a statement released days after the attack. "The bodies of civilians who were killed by security forces were collected by the region's special forces and regular police ... and buried en masse," the rights body said, with victims' families denied access to the remains. The rights body said OLA and GLF fighters killed seven civilians, with six other people dying during the gunfight between the rebels and soldiers. The EHRC said the region's police commission told the rights body that local officials had collected and buried bodies lying on the streets.

Source: Ethiopian News September 29, 2022 02:31 UTC