Ethiopia’s federal security forces killed at least 45 civilians in a massacre in Amhara state in late January, the independent state-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Tuesday. It is one of the worst episodes of violence in the Amhara region since last August, when powerful local Fano militias began a rebellion against the government's plans to disarm them. "They went into my brother's house… They brought him and 12 others out to the streets and shot them," a labourer told the BBC. Most of those killed were young men, according to witnesses. Both the US and the European Union have expressed their concerns at the move, which comes amid intense ongoing fighting between Fano militias and the army.

Source: Ethiopian News February 13, 2024 18:13 UTC