At least nine civilians were killed and 12 others injured “mistakenly” by a unit of the Ethiopian army, security officials said at the weekend. The soldiers were deployed to the Moyale area of the country’s Oromiya region in pursuit of Oromo Liberation Front fighters who had crossed into Ethiopia from three locations, the Ethiopian News Agency said. “Nine civilians were killed and 12 others were injured during an operation that was launched with faulty intelligence,” members of the armed forces told the agency. Several soldiers have been suspended and are under investigation, it said, adding that a high-level military delegation had been dispatched to the area to launch an inquiry. The Oromo Liberation Front is a secessionist group which the government has branded as terrorist.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2018 16:52 UTC