Soldiers fire indiscriminately in Finchawa town for an hour, killing 13
- Ref
- OHRM-2018-0033
- Date of incident
- Zone
- West Guji
- Number of people affected
- 13
On 28 December 2018, two truckloads of soldiers drove into Finchawa and shot indiscriminately at people for about an hour, killing 13. Witnesses said it was retaliation for a soldier stoned to death three weeks earlier.
Source: Amnesty International, "Ethiopia: Rape, extrajudicial executions, homes set alight in security operations in Amhara and Oromia ("Beyond law enforcement")", 2020-05-29. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/ethiopia-rape-extrajudicial-executions-homes-set-alight-in-security-operations-in-amhara-and-oromia/