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Nairobi, Kenya
Gunmen killed dozens of people in an attack on a passenger bus in western Ethiopia, officials with the national human rights body said on Sunday.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (ECHR) said in a statement that there was a “gruesome attack” against a passenger bus heading from Wonbera to Chagni in the Benishangul-Gumuz region and that 34 deaths had been confirmed, although it noted that the number is likely to increase. .
The attack occurred on Saturday night in a remote area between Wonbera and Chagni.
“The latest attack is a terrible addition to the human cost that we collectively bear,” said Daniel Bekele, the EHRC’s chief commissioner.
No group has claimed responsibility so far, and security officials told local media there is no immediate evidence linking the attack to the conflict in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.
The attack comes as people continue to flee the region. About 25,000 Ethiopians have crossed into Sudan to escape the fighting, according to Sudanese officials.
On November 4, Ethiopia launched what it described as a law enforcement operation in Tigray after forces from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) attacked the northern command of the Ethiopian army stationed there.
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