There are reports of increasing insecurity in the town of Burayu in the Oromia regional state located on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The Addis Standard portal said on Sunday that the attacks which had been ongoing for some days now included deadly armed attacks, rape and burning of structures which situation has led people to flee the area. #Ethiopia: A spate of day & night organized attacks, robbery in #Burayu (see map) leaves several dead, hundreds of civilians fleeing for their lives. The brutal attack, the rape and the looting in the outskirts of Addis is not a random act. This time a few kilometers away from the capital Addis, in Burayu, Oromia.

Source: Ethiopian News September 16, 2018 12:47 UTC