The Ethiopia Govt Verbal exchange Carrier mentioned in a observation on its Fb web page that the incident came about within the Ayisid Kebele of Metekel Zone within the Benishangul-Gumuz area, a website of widespread ethnic violence for greater than a yr wherein loads of civilians have died.
“A horrific and inhumane act used to be lately dedicated… In a sequence of horrific photographs circulated on social media, blameless civilians had been burned to loss of life,” the observation learn.
It didn’t say when the occasions happened or who used to be accountable.
“Irrespective of their foundation or id, the federal government will take criminal motion towards the ones liable for this gross and inhumane act.”
Reuters used to be no longer in a position to ensure the time and site the place the video used to be filmed or the movements it confirmed.
Within the video, one of the males within the crowd are dressed in Ethiopian army uniforms in addition to uniforms from different regional safety forces.
Army spokesperson Colonel Getnet Adane and executive spokesperson Legesse Tulu didn’t right away reply to requests for remark.
The violence within the Benishangul-Gumuz area, which is house to a number of ethnic teams, is cut loose the struggle within the northern Tigray area that erupted in November 2020 between Ethiopian federal forces and rebellious forces of the Tigray Other folks’s Liberation Entrance (TPLF).
