Killing by government militia in East Shewa (31 Mar 2022)
- Ref
- OHRM-2022-0082
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Shewa
The article also referred to an earlier report, again previously unrecorded by OSG, by Addis Standard on 31 March 2022 of the killing of 26 Oromo local militia stationed at Qorke in Fantalle district. They were killed by heavily armed Fano militia crossing from Amhara Region. The small town of Qorke is 15 km from Metahara, on the Ethio-Djibouti railway, which was closed for 24 hrs after the incident.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.20. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-62-24-April-2023.pdf