Oromia Police shot dead two, injure several others at Timket festival over flag controversy
- Ref
- OHRM-2022-0014
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
- Number of people affected
- 2
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a stand-off between security forces and participants of Timket festival in Burayu town in the Oromia special zone surrounding Finfinne, reports said. Eyewitnesses told DW Amharic that parishioners of St. Mary church in Burayu town who were escorting the Tabot ( a sacred replica of the Ark) from Addis Abeba back to the town for the Timket festival were prohibited from entering the town carrying the tricolor flag: plain green, yellow and red with Orthodox Church logo.
Source: Addis Standard, "News: Oromia Police shot dead two, injure several others at Timket festival over flag controversy", published 2022-01-22. https://addisstandard.com/news-oromia-police-shot-dead-two-injure-several-others-at-timket-festival-over-flag-controversy/