About 40 bus passengers abducted and one killed by OLA near Sire town
- Ref
- OHRM-2025-0382
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Arsi
- Number of people affected
- 40
At about 6 a.m. on 28 April 2025, OLA fighters stopped a bus from Adama to Chole about 10 km from Sire town, let women and children go and abducted about 40 passengers. One man was shot dead trying to escape. Some were released after paying, others later without payment.
Source: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission statement (Amharic (summarised in English)), published 2025-10-11. https://ehrc.org/%e1%8b%a8%e1%88%b0%e1%8b%8e%e1%89%bd%e1%8a%95-%e1%8a%a8%e1%89%a6%e1%89%b3-%e1%89%a6%e1%89%b3-%e1%8b%a8%e1%88%98%e1%8b%98%e1%8b%8b%e1%8b%88%e1%88%ad-%e1%8a%90%e1%8c%bb%e1%8a%90%e1%89%b5-%e1%89%a0/