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ADDIS ABABA, Jan.5 (Xinhua) – Security forces in western Ethiopia have arrested 17 Ethiopians suspected of being involved in acts of deadly community violence, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported on Tuesday.
The 17 suspects are accused of attacking civilians in the Metekel area of the western regional state of Benishangul-Gumuz in recent weeks that left dozens dead, ENA reported.
According to the report, 290 arrows were confiscated from the 17 suspects.
In December 2020, an armed attack by suspected Gumuz militants in the town of Bekoji, Metekel area, killed at least 207 people.
Among the victims were 133 adult men, 35 adult women, about 20 elderly and 17 children, one of them a six-month-old baby, according to a statement released by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, a rights group established by the Ethiopian parliament. .
Ethnic violence between various ethnic groups in the regional state of Benishangul-Gumuz in recent months has left hundreds dead and thousands displaced.
The clashes were mainly for access to power and land resources. Final product
