The continuous massacre of Oromo civilians
The Prosperity Party system is taking revenge for the loss it has suffered by fighting with the Oromo Liberation Army by continuously massacring Oromo civilians.
OLF’s press release – May 7, 2022
If Dr. Abiy Ahmed comes to power and tries to break the Oromo people to a point that they will never rise again, the Oromo people and Oromia people will be in a non-stop war. Because of this reason a lot of civilian lives have been lost and properties have been destroyed. The war of invasion that is being carried out on the Oromo people is very large and the beginning is to expand and to seize the land of Oromo. The Defense Army of the Prosperity Party, the Eritrean Army and the Amhara Militia and the Fano Terrorist Group are unthinkable on the innocent Oromo people. They are committing war and genocide. Just to mention a few, we have recently released a press release regarding the massacre and imprisonment of civilians in Wollo, Gindeberet, Horo Guduru, Guji, Western Arsi and Ambo. Most of these civil war happened after the ruling forces lost the battle with the Oromo Liberation Army.
It is heart breaking to see the new massacres happening again in North Shoa and East Shoa zones, Wara Jarso Woreda. According to the information we got from the surrounding communities in Jarso district, Sunday May 1 and 02 2022 E.C. In the evening 18 people, three from Jimma Mela Kebele and 15 from Aware Golje Kebele have been killed by the defense force and local administration militia after they were arrested. The bodies of the deceased have not been collected and are still in the ditch. Families who tried to collect the bodies of their relatives have been arrested. The leader of the killing was Kasa Reta, the son of the police officer who was killed in a fight with the Oromo Liberation Army in Bustilo Dera. Similarly yesterday, May 6, 2022 in East Shoa zone Bosat Bole village, many peaceful people have been killed by drone attack. On this day in Ambo Gomosa Sato Kebele an Oromo citizen has been shot dead by the armed soldiers of the regime. In Metekel zone, similar massacres are happening repeatedly.
The killing that is being done on Oromo peaceful citizens is based on ethnicity and is intended to displace the peaceful people. For example, when the regime of Wara Jarso was talking about the killers of the mass killing, they were saying “A person who speaks Afan Oromo has a connection with the Oromo Liberation Army and should be killed.”
Prosperity party rule is trying to disrupt the lives of Oromo people and Oromia citizens by taking a long and long war. By committing mass killings, by burning peaceful citizens houses, pets and food, they are making Oromo people and children displaced from their land.
OLF condemns this atrocity on Oromo civilians. And the ruling party of Prosperity party still demands to stop the killing of citizens and remove the invading force from Oromia. We would like to remind the Prosperity Party government that killing innocent people is not a solution to Ethiopia’s problem because of your war with freedom fighters. Rather, we urge you to follow a peaceful way to solve the political crisis in the country. The ruling of the prosperity party led by Dr. Abiy Ahmed is responsible for the destruction of life and property on Oromo civilians.
We would like to warn that the armed forces of the Amhara regional government, the army of Eritrean government and the participants of other regions are equally responsible for the repeated killings and destruction that happened in Oromia.
We ask the Oromo community found in different Oromia regions and Oromo born abroad to support our brothers and sisters who are victims of colonialism.
At the end, we would like to think that the Oromo people and Oromia citizens who are in the country and outside the country should stand together and support each other to protect their right to survive and overcome this difficult time.
We still demand the international community and human rights activist organizations that chose silence on Oromia issues to put pressure on the Ethiopian ruling group and to stop the war on human rights and the destruction of the country.
Victory for the masses at large!
Oromo freedom front
May 7th 2022
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Ethiopia Autonomous Media
