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Toronto – His Grace Abune Elsae, Archbishop of East Arsi and Somali, disclosed 21 followers of Ethiopian Orthodox Church have been killed in Sherka district of Arsi, the Oromia regional state.
The latest massacre was on Thursday around 4 p.m. local time, Mahibre Kidusan media reported on Friday citing the Archbishop.
One of the victims is said to be a priest
All the victims of the attack were laid to rest on Friday, his grace added.
Two other followers of the church are abducted. Eight others are missing and their whereabout is unknown at the time of this writing.
Moreover, livestock have been looted and there is heightened tension in the area.
“The death of our children is our death,” the Archbishop is quoted as saying. He expressed condolences to the families of the victims.
Questioning “why they kill us,?” he urged the government should pay attention to the matter and work to prevent loss of more lives.
This is the second massacre in East Arsi in less than three days.
Both the Federal government and Oromia regional state have been criticized for failure to protect the lives of civilians.
While the massacre, killings and kidnappings of civilians have been common in the Oromia region for more than five years now, the killings in some parts of the region, as in the case of Arsi, appears to bear the hallmarks of cleansing the area from the followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Usually, the massacres are linked to the militant Oromo Nationalist operating in the region, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). There have been cases when the group denies allegations and pointed fingers at the regional government.
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We have to blame ourselves for letting Ethiopia’s Enemies divide us and trigger such cyclic bloodshed & turmoil using Parasite Proxies!
[ youtu.be/SOGPEJ9XI-o?t=20 ]: Wouldn’t such Amara Supremacists’ Anti-Oromo Venom put the Amaras in Oromo Zone [OZ] in harm’s way? Isn’t that Hate Crime? Don’t more Amaras live in OZ than in the Amara Zone [AZ]? Did Oromos invite them to live in OZ? Why don’t they move back to AZ if they feel unsafe in OZ and feel safer in AZ?
[ youtu.be/IXBVqbOe9uY?t=2320 ]: “Over 15 million Amaras live in OZ alone.” That’s far more than the Amaras in the AZ. Yet, I met NO Oromo in G&G over many years of sojourns. Frankly speaking, I even found/find G&G unwelcoming to Ethiopians!
Over 3 variables are often at play to destabilize-and-weaken Ethiopia from within via inter-ethnic or inter-religious conflict: Amara Supremacists, Oromo Extremists, Former Regime Proxies, Egypt’s Dogs [EPLF-TPLF, OLF-IFLO, ‘Amara Fanno’, etc.], etc.
Ironically, Ethiopia’s Enemies choose Amaras as their favorites to use as BOTH Agents Provocateurs & Victims. That’s because the Amaras live all over Ethiopia [especially in urban centers]. Most of these Amaras are usually from Gojjam & Gonder [G&G]. It’s mind-boggling to see the Amara Diaspora pushing this to clinch refugee status!
This must be universally condemned by all humanity across religious and ethnic lines. Somebody must accost and awaken that sleeping lumberjack in charge of that region. He has proven himself beyond the benefit of doubt that his physical body had grown much faster than his brain. Besides these demon who carried out this savage act on innocent poor farmers, I’m holding the president of Oromia and his incompetent entourage, every top official of the federal administration at Arat Kilo, those at one point who claimed to be founders and leaders of Qeerros and those who were busy demonizing these very same victims as land grabbing ‘settlers’, all responsible for such barbaric act. We should all bear in mind that these victims are all Amharas or all of Christians. There were Oromos among them. How many of our legendary athletes were/are Christian Oromos who were born and raised in Arsi? There were also Muslim Oromos who were savagely murdered in the most gruesome ways because they were protecting their longtime Christian neighbors.
Such savage act makes me feel ashamed as an Oromo. It makes my blood boil.
Please make that:
We should all bear in mind that these victims are NOT all Amharas or all of Christians.