Ethiopia’s Churches renewed urgent calls for the protection of civilians following the killing of more than 60 Orthodox believers in a wave of savage attacks.
The massacres prompted an unprecedented intervention by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Holy Synod, which demanded stronger government action to defend worshippers and provide “essential security until the problem is resolved”.
According to the Synod, armed men went from house to house killing residents with firearms and knives.
In Gora Silingo, Merti District 14 were killed on 20th October, and a further 46 on 24th October in the villages of Tereta, Chole and Birbo in Shirka District, all within the Arsi Zone of Oromia.
