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Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack in western Ethiopia, according to the National Commission for Human Rights, in a new chapter of the bloody attacks in the region.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a statement that “more than 100 people were shot dead in an attack by gunmen” in the Benishangul-Gomez region in western Ethiopia.
Residents confirmed the killing of dozens in the armed attack, and a farmer in the town of Boleyn said that he saw dozens of bodies in a field near his home, and a local medic revealed that he and his colleagues had treated 38 wounded, most of them with bullet wounds..
A nurse in the same medical facility said: “We were not prepared for this matter, and our medicine has run out,” adding that a five-year-old child died while being transferred to the clinic..
An official in the region, who requested anonymity, stated that the authorities were informed of the attack and are verifying details regarding the identities of the attackers and victims, but he did not give additional information.
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