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Ethiopia: human rights defender condemns deadliest mass murder in Oromia | #IrreechaaMassacre | #OromoProtests

The following is a statement from the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA).

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HRLHA Urgent Action

October 2, 2016

The HRLHA deeply condemns the mass murder by the Ethiopian government sponsored killing squad Agazi force near Bishoftu, Oromia, where over 4,000,000 Oromos gathered to celebrate the Irreechaa annual festival, the Oromo Thanksgiving Day, on October 2, 2016.

The attack by the killing squad Agazi – which was supported by helicopter from the air – has left at least 300 civilians dead on the spot and thousands wounded, whom have been taken to hospitals in Bishoftu and Addis Ababa, 40km away from the place the mass murder took place. According the HRLHA informants from the place, the dead bodies were everywhere on the ground around Hora Arsadi, the area of the Irreechaa festival.

The October 2, 2016 mass murder would be one of the highest tolls for a single day in Oromia since the now 10-month Oromo protests began in November 2015.

The HRLHA calls on the world governments and donor organizations to condemn the barbaric acts of government-sponsored killing squadAgazi force against Oromo civilians and put pressure on the TPLF/EPRDF Ethiopian government to allow swiftly a neutral body to investigate this horrific action of this dictatorial government’s killing squad.

The HRLHA will continue updating the growing number of the victims from around the area.

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