- The number of people killed in connection with the violence which started as qeerroo protest in support of Jawar in Oromo region of Ethiopia reaches 67, citizen report put the estimate well over 100.
- Women and elders among victims
- In Arsi, a father was killed along with his son who as a master’s degree graduate from Hawassa University
borkena
October 25, 2019
Oromo regional state police confirmed on Friday that the number of people killed in the region in connection with the latest string of violence in the region, which appears to have taken ethnic and religious form, has reached 67.
Reuters cited the region’s police commissioner, Kefyalew Tefera, to report that thirteen of the victims died of the bullet.
Citizen reports claim that the number is much higher and could even rise as hundreds of people have sustained life-threatening injuries.
Five of the victims are reportedly members of the police force; this the police commissioner himself has confirmed. But it is unclear if all the police were regional police or there were also Federal police members who were deployed to many areas in the region as the violence was getting out of control.
Although Oromo regional state is claiming that calm is restored across the region, there are still attacks in several towns especially. However, even reports from government bodies do seem to be conflicting as is the case oftentimes.
Major General Mohammed Tessema is head of the indoctrination department in the Ministry of Defense. He appeared on state TV, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, to update on the state of the security situation.
He did not say that the violence is completely under control. He only stated about areas of troops deployment and what the mission is. Ambo, Bishoftu, Bale Robe, Mojo, Adama, Harar, and Dire Dawa are some of the cities where there is defense force presence entrusted with the mission of opening up roads closed by qeerroo, radical ethnic Oromo nationalists who seem to support Jawar Mohammed, the person who triggered the two days long violence in the region. Restoring calm in these towns is also one of the missions for defense force members.
Jawar ordered his followers to open roads after wide speared violence and he has shared pictures on his social media page to demonstrate that his followers have obeyed his order.
Road closures affected intra-regional road transportation so much so that passengers had to sleep over in towns they did not intend to. This has happened, for example, in Wolkite and Butajira – in the Gurage region of Ethiopia. Pictures circulating on social media show community members in the Guraghe area serving travelers with free food in a shelter they were provided until transportation resumes.
The killings in Bale Robe appeared to be motivated by hate for the Ethiopian church. A hand grenade was thrown but the victims were in most cases beaten to death or by a bullet.
In other places, the killing took a form of ethnic-violence mainly targeting ethnic Amhara communities who lived in the region for several decades. Some of the victims were born and grew up in oromo region of Ethopia. Henok Tamrat (first picture) was born and raised in Arsi and he was killed along with his father- according to social media reports.
The latest string of violence in the region started two days ago when Jawar Mohammed shared a statement in Amharic and Oromo language claiming that his residence is under siege by a group of armed men- which the Federal police dismissed as “wrong.”
During the street protest, his followers condemned Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. They also burned his book which was ceremoniously launched across the country recently.
Apart from killings, properties worth millions of birr are destroyed by qeerroo. In Adama (Nazareth) 22 stores were torched and reduced to ashes. Largest hotels in Bale Robe were similarly attacked by a pro-Jawar mob.
Citizens who are not ethnic-Oromo say that they live under the threat of being attacked again in several towns in the region.
Ethiopian activists in social media have launched a campaign to hold Jawar Mohammed responsible for the deaths of 67 people, injuries of innocent people and for the destruction of properties.
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If you do not know the meaning of qero ask Oromos. Qero means bachelor, not radical youth. Do not listen only your political interest?
U facked big time coward & violence queros are an terrorists group and killers victimized elders, womens and children. The word dosen’t meaning nothing ur actions say everything. They r like Hezbollah, (Means God soldiers) Hezbollah is a terrorist . Now is the time to fight against this evil quiero movement. They burnt churchs kille others they don’t support them.
They r worst than those sliced innocent Ethiopian immigrant inside Libiya.
Ende TPLF satilu minew zare?
Ye Shabia, Tplf, Olf, Jawar wana digaf yemimetaw ye Ityopian sim, maninet lerasachew yeminkebakebu, englizoch, tsionawi nen yemilu ena cia nachew. Arebochim yenesu tegezi nachew. Wana alamaw key baher, Abay wenz, Afar meret yifelgalu. Jawar benesum mikir sir niw. rusia wana telatachew selehone, Aby wede rusia sihed, mastenkekya niw, agerun enamesewalen ke rusia wil bitaderg maletachew niw le ashkerarachew Jawar tezaz yesetut. ageritu mulu bemulu be sostu teyezalech. Ortodoxen lematfat bene tplf shabia, zare demo be jawar/olf bekul niw. too late, minim madreg aychelum ityopiawianoch. Oromian Areb bandira bemetekem eyekeyruat niw. lezih niw eko endelibu jawar yemidenefaw. sostu kegoneh nen eyalu.
Al jazzera Abayen wekilew yemimetu englizoch eko nachew!! demo Abay yalem enji yeityopia aydelem eyalu kirikirun lmetal yimokiralu. Sudan enkuan erasun wekilo Al jazeera lai komual edewim Gibse. Lemin ityopia yeminagerilat yelem? kemeche wedih niw engliz sele ityopia Abay wenz yeminagerw? Ityopian ridicule eyaderegu niw. Engliz ityopian ketita eyatekach niw. mannachew london wist 39 migrants truck wist tegdlew yetegegnut? Ahun ene engliz ejachewen be Shabia/tplf/jawar Olf bedenb eyasayun niw. Baalem yemigegn ityopia hezb wey tenesa, wey agerehen masrekeb becha sayhon, Ityopia negn yemilutin mahbereseb beyebotaw endemiyaschefechifu eyetezegaju niw.
Balem yemignew ityopia eske 27 amet ankelaftehal,
Le ityopoia hezb wekilo yeminager manniw? Aby enkuan genuine bihon, yalew anti ityopia selebeza minim ayaregim. esu alamaw yemgzat gudai becha yihonal enji side saywesd megzat yichilal. Balem Ityopian wekilo yeminager andim yelem Ityopia erdata enditagegn ke anti ityopia elementoch/yetegezu/banda ende arem eyadege niw. Oromian wede Islimina lemekeyer tinish kertotoal.
inglizoch kign gezi sihonu sudan lai, hezbun lemekeyer ke nigeria barinet yeyazutin sudan lai zeregefut. lezih niw sudanoch merab afrika hezb yemimeslut. meret lai ye sudan mahbereseb endale keyerut. sudanoch yegna melk niw yeneberachew. yam hone yih alamaw, ye ager simet endaynoreh kelea amtitew agerh wist yafesalu. mulu bemulu tigrigna tenagrwochin atalew, ityopian lematfat inglizoch eyeseru niw. Endet niw, sele Abay wenz menager yemichilut inglizoch, yetalu ityopianoch abayen yemiwekilu? ityopianoch balem bemulu ke ityopia wedajoch gar egzio malet ahun niw. tsionawian, cia, inglizoch ortodoxen yemitelu ityopian be shabia/tplf/areboch/olf liyatefu tikit kertuachewal. kizenam ityopiawi, benesu ager lai enkuan teseno madreg yebelete yichilu neber. hoy hoy bilo choho megbat 27 amet kalsera, zarem tactichen kalkeyerk ayseram. Abyen mamen befisum aychalim, polarize yaderegew andu eskemiyashnif dires esu chigir yelewim, endewim zedegna yehone tactic niw. Tplf/shabia beityopia sim haset ityopian liredu yemichilu hailoch hedew yinegageralu meret gin enesun yemireda enji ityopian alneberetm. dr abyem sihed sinegager be ityopia sim, genuine lihon laihon yichilal.
Abiy is indirectly or directly promoted the recent events. Arabs corrupted Abiy to sellout his dignity for oil money . We know Abiy had been as destructive as Hailemariam was also, infact Hailemariam wasnot promoting religious conflicts as Abiy is.
Abiy is getting more and more destructive each day just so his extended families keep benefiting. .He is only elevating his cliques slave owners that degrade Ethiopians..
The whole world knows that both Abiy’s regime and Hailemariam’s regime are pro one ethnic group superiority over other ethnic groups,.They both are liers and thieves that slaughter Ethiopians just like Mengistu White terror-red terror was.
For half a century since Girmame Neway’s and Mengistu Neway’s death the country turned into a quicksand type hellwhole that kept swallowing the people depper and deeper.