Ethiopia’s government said on Saturday it would act against the perpetrators after a video appeared on social media showing armed men, some in military uniforms, burning civilians to death in the country’s west.
Highlights
- Ethiopia’s government says it will act against perpetrators after a video appeared on social media showing armed men, some in military uniforms, burning civilians to death in the country’s west.
- The incident occurred in the Ayisid Kebele of Metekel Zone in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, a site of frequent ethnic violence for more than a year in which hundreds of civilians have died.
- It did not say when the events took place or who was responsible for the burning of the civilians or when the men were behind the incident.
- The government will take legal action against those responsible for this gross and inhumane act, it said.