Dozens of protesters were reportedly killed by Ethiopian regime forces in the Oromia region where a three month protest by the people for political and economic rights has met with deadly response by the army and security.
Children as young as ten were shot and killed by the regime’s Agazi forces on Monday, on a day of carnage that saw at least 40 dead of which 7 were children under the age of 15, according to posts by Jawar Mohammed, Executive Director of the Oromo Media Network.
Gruesome photo and video posts by Jawar, who receive them directly from the protesting areas and updated by the minutes on his Facebook page shocked the nation, in what Ethiopians see as further evidence of the brutality of the minority regime whose forces killed at least 200 protesters in the last three months.
Protesters were peaceful and their only weapon of defence was blocking the roads with stones and logs to prevent the forces from entering their villages.
Video and pictures in the social media are too grisly to share here but protesters are seen in one video carrying a body of a young man who was shot on his torso, while other pictures show bodies of children shot in the neck and head.
Another photo show Abdi Adulla, a ten year old in East Harage, was shot in the neck and killed yesterday.
In just one locality called Machara, ten people were killed and over twenty were wounded as the Agazi forces arbitrarily shot at the protesters.
Protests were held in Hararge, Wollega, Arsi, Guji and a number of other localities in the last three days and reports show that they were still continuing today.
(Pictures obtained from Jawar Mohammed/OMN)
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