More than 200 people have been killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

 

According to DW, more than 200 people have been killed in an attack by so-called "OLF-Shen" militants in Kiramu Woreda, East Welega Zone of Oromia State.

As a result, more than 40,000 people have been displaced.

 

According to eyewitnesses, who told to Deutsche Welle, the militants have been raiding six kebeles in the woreda since last week, killing and maiming Amhara residents.

According to an eyewitness who survived the attack, a letter was posted on August 17, 2021 warning Amharic-speaking residents not to leave their homes.

 

"After the residents had been" hiding "in their homes for a week, local officials broke the warning, and residents began to leave their homes in peace, after which militants stormed the area and killed those who fled. They plundered their cattle, "Someone was sitting in the house," he said, pulling out the roof.

 

The eyewitness said that after Special Forces entered the area, locals buried 72 people on Tuesday alone.

Another eyewitness from Haro Kebele told the station that more than 200 people had been killed by the militants in various kebeles.

According to Deutsche Welle, at least four of the dead were members of the Special Forces.

 

The eyewitness added that more than 40,000 people had been displaced.

One of the officials from East Welega Zone and Oromia, who we called to confirm the attack and the damage, hung up and said, "I am at work."

"We often calls to other government officials, but they don't pick up the phone." DW Reported.