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addisstandard 2020-12-24
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and BG region president Ashadli Hassan during community discussion in Metekel zone on December 22. Photo: PM Abiy Twitter page
Addis Abeba, December 24/2020 – In Benishangul-Gumuz Region’s Metekel Zone, an armed group shot at residents and set fire to their homes as they lay asleep, killing at least 100 people. The attack in Bulen Woreda’s Bekuji Kebele is a sign of a severe decline of human rights protections in the region, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said.
EHRC verified the attacks by speaking with victims and other sources in
Bekuji Kebele, an area home to ethnic Amharas, Oromos, and Shinashas, and 90