A horrific and inhumane act was recently committed in Western Ethiopia where a civilian was burned alive by armed men. In the video, some of the men in the crowd are wearing Ethiopian military uniforms as well as uniforms from other regional security forces.
The incident is said to have happened in the Ayisid Kebele of Metekel Zone in Benishangul -Gumuz region. Eleven people, including nine ethnic Tigrayans, were killed on 3rd March, ten people were shot dead while the eleventh man, a Tigrayan was burnt alive.
The Ethiopia Government Communication Service said the region is home to several ethnic groups and has been a site of frequent ethnic violence for more than a year in which hundreds of civilians have died.
The Ethiopian government has vowed to take legal action against those responsible for this gross inhuman act regardless of their origin or identity,