20 people including children, women and elderly abducted in Babu Iteya kebele, Debre Libanos woreda
- Ref
- OHRM-2024-0045
- Date of incident
- Zone
- North Shewa
- Number of people affected
- 20
On 5 March 2024, the OLA abducted 20 people, including children, women and elderly people, from Babu Iteya kebele. Eighteen were released by mid-May after paying varying amounts, and the last two after paying 120,000 birr each.
Source: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission statement (Amharic (summarised in English)), published 2024-09-03. https://ehrc.org/%e1%8a%a0%e1%88%9b%e1%88%ab%e1%8d%a3-%e1%8a%a6%e1%88%ae%e1%88%9a%e1%8b%ab%e1%8d%a6-%e1%88%98%e1%8a%95%e1%8c%8d%e1%88%a5%e1%89%b5-%e1%89%a0%e1%89%b0%e1%88%b5%e1%8d%8b%e1%8d%8b-%e1%88%81%e1%8a%94/