The Ethiopian Human Rights Fee (EHRC) on Sunday blamed authorities safety forces of burning a person alive.
A ugly video of the incident was circulating on social media. A few of the folks apparently concerned within the incident had been sporting uniforms.
Ethiopia’s authorities stated it will act in opposition to the perpetrators caught on digicam. DW was not in a position to independently confirm the authenticity of the video.
The incident is claimed to have occurred within the Benishangul-Gumuz area of northwest Ethiopia.
Different Tigrayans shot and burned
Based on the fee, safety officers captured and killed eight Tigrayans suspected of a earlier assault that left 20 folks lifeless.
“The our bodies of the deceased had been taken by safety forces to a close-by forest and burned,” the EHRC stated in a press release, citing eyewitness testimony.
“In between this, an ethnic Tigrayan who was suspected of getting contact with the deceased, was arrested… and thrown with the deceased, with him dying of fireside burns,” the EHRC added.
“No matter their origin or id, the federal government will take authorized motion in opposition to these liable for this gross and inhumane act,” the Ethiopian authorities communication service stated in a press release on its Fb web page.
Violence in western Ethiopia
The Benishangul-Gumuz area, bordering Sudan and South Sudan, witnessed elevated violence for greater than a 12 months.
The area hosts greater than 70,000 Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees and over 500,000 internally displaced Ethiopians in keeping with the UNHCR.
Tigray’s leaders described the incident as “barbaric” in a press release Saturday. They accused “Amhara expansionists and their cronies” of finishing up atrocities in opposition to ethnic Tigrayans residing in Benishangul-Gumuz.
Each side within the Tigray battle are accused of committing rights abuses.
lo/dj (AFP, AP, Reuters)