Asmara Shume who was one of the captives but escaped later confirmed that all the hostages were ethnic Amhara students. “There were 18 ethnic Amhara students as the car was made to stop by the kidnappers. There were ethnic Oromo students and other people too. The kidnappers selectively ordered ethnic Amhara students to step outside. Ethnic Oromo students and an old man begged the kidnappers to let us free, but to no avail,” she said.

Source: Ethiopian News January 15, 2020 05:15 UTC