Killing in Agamsa, Horo Guduru Wollega (6 Sep 2022)
- Ref
- OHRM-2022-0288
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Horo Guduru Wollega
Addis Standard 6 September reported over 20,000 had fled to Obora following the Agamsa massacre on 30/31 August (see p.15), in Amuru district, Horo Guduru. The magazine quoted the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission: ‘militants who gathered from the Amuru woreda and Haro Addis Alem Kebele as well as from Bure Woreda in the neighboring Amhara region attacked Oromo community members in Amuru woreda in Agemsa, Jog Migir, Tam Ilamu, Jebo Doban, Tombe Danegabe, Jawaj, Gnare, Lege Micha, Lukquma, and Wale kebeles on 30 and 31 August’ with the loss of over 60 lives in these incidents alone.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 62 (2023-04-24), p.24. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-62-24-April-2023.pdf