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Gunmen have killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia.
The attack occurred on Wednesday in the village of Bekoji in Bulen county in the Metekel zone, an area where multiple ethnic groups are living.
In a separate part of the country, Ethiopia’s military has been fighting rebels in the northern Tigray region for more than six weeks.
Gunmen have killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, according to the country’s human rights commission.
The attack occurred on Wednesday in the village of Bekoji in Bulen county in the Metekel zone, the state-run Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a statement, an area where multiple ethnic groups are living.
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Bloodbath as 102 civilians are massacred by armed rebels and 42 fighters killed in army revenge attack in Ethiopia
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Updated: 24 Dec 2020, 9:50
AT least 102 civilians have reportedly been massacred in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in Ethiopia.
Local reports said the Ethiopian army had responded by killing at least 42 militants in the western region of Benishangul-Gumuz.
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent in the army to launch a revenge attack on a rebel groupCredit: AP:Associated Press
The attack on civilians came a day after a visit by prime minister Abiy Ahmed - last year s Nobel peace prize winner - who called for armed rebels to be brought to justice.
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Ethiopia’s military has killed 42 armed men accused of taking part in a massacre in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, state-affiliated Fana TV reported on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the country’s human rights commission said gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the village of Bekoji, Benishangul-Gumuz.
Fana TV, citing regional officials, reported that soldiers seized bows, arrows and other weapons in the raid.
Earlier on Thursday, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said forces were deployed to the region, an area which has seen regular ethnic violence.
“The massacre of civilians in Benishangul-Gumuz region is very tragic,” Abiy said on Twitter. “The government, to solve the root causes of the problem, has deployed a necessary force.”