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ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) The Ethiopian Defense Forces killed some 42 anti-peace elements as part of the crackdown on perpetrators of the latest gruesome attack that killed at least 100 civilians in Ethiopia s western Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, local government officials said on Thursday.
On late Wednesday, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a federal rights group established by the Ethiopian parliament, said in a statement that more than 100 people had been killed in a recent armed attack in Bekuji, Metekel zone of Benishangul-Gumuz region at around 10:00 pm local time on Tuesday.
According to the EHRC, the attack was carried out by armed men who set fire and shot at residents while they were asleep. The incident revealed the ever-deteriorating human rights protection in the region, the commission warned, adding that attacks have intensified in appearance and scale recently.
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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