Gunmen Kill 140 Civilians In Western Ethiopia
KABUL: (MEP) Officials in Ethiopia say a large group of gunmen have killed at least 140 civilians including children and women near its border with South Sudan.
Getachew Reda, Ethiopia’s communications minister, said on Saturday that Friday’s attack had been carried out by members of South Sudan’s Murle tribe.
He added that Ethiopian forces have killed 60 of the assailants and may cross into neighbouring South Sudan to pursue them.
The Ethiopian region hosts thousands of South Sudanese refugees who fled conflict in the world’s youngest nation. It is also home to Ethiopian and South Sudanese armed groups that attack government installations and soldiers.
In the 1980s, the Ethiopian government forcibly resettled hundreds of thousands of people, and the negative effects of those relocations are still felt in many Ethiopian communities, most notably in the Gambela region.
