Fano abducts six bus passengers and kills one in Gida Ayana woreda
- Ref
- OHRM-2025-0406
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Wollega
- Number of people affected
- 6
At about 8 a.m. on 4 May 2025, Fano militants stopped a bus from Gida Ayana to Addis Ababa at Andode Dicho, shot dead one passenger who tried to escape and abducted six, who were released after paying 200,000 birr each.
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/