Ethiopia: Security Forces Accused of Killing Civilian

According to the state-appointed rights body's report published Thursday, the killings happened after an hourslong gun battle June 14 between regional security forces and militants from the Oromo Liberation Army and rebel groups from the Gambella Liberation Front.

The 13-page report concluded"at least 50 civilians" were killed"individually and in mass extrajudicial executions" by regional security forces between June 14 and June 16. At the time, a Gambella city resident told VOA that he could hear sporadic shooting from his home in the days following the rebel groups' assault.

"Some people were killed at their homes, and some others were killed when they were walking on the streets of the town. For instance, one of the findings of our report is that one special force and city police of the regional government killed at least 11 civilians, all just in one house," said Adane.

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