Attack in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region kills at least 260, say residents

ADDIS ABABA — An attack by gunmen in Ethiopia's western Oromiya region left at least 260 civilians dead on Saturday, according to two residents who gave detailed accounts on Monday of how they had taken part in burying corpses in mass graves.

There was no indication that the attack was directly linked to a conflict in the northern region of Tigray which began in November 2020 and has killed thousands and displaced millions. The attack occurred in the Gimbi district of Western Wollega Zone in the western part of Oromiya. One resident gave a figure of 260 dead, the other said 320, making it one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in Ethiopia for years."So far we have buried 260 people which I took part in collecting the bodies and burying the bodies. We just buried them in a farm. We buried 50 to 60 bodies in single graves," said one resident.

"It was a massacre of Amharas," he said, adding that he had survived by hiding in a forest and that he had heard the attackers speaking in the Oromo language.

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