Dozens killed and wounded by extremist Christians attacking Ethiopian Muslims.
Dozens of Muslims were killed and injured when a group of extremist Christians attacked Ethiopian Muslims.
The Ethiopian Council for Islamic Affairs announced today (Wednesday) that at least 20 Muslims have been killed in an attack on the town of Gondar in the Amharic region of northern Ethiopia during the funeral of a cleric.
Al-Ain news website quoted Disalin Talso, a security official in Amreh, as saying that the killing took place when a group of Muslim youths in Gondar were collecting stones for the grave of one of the city’s scholars. They had left the nearby churches.
According to the security official, a group of Christians are currently stoning a Muslim, which will lead to further clashes between the two sides.
The Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs called the incident a “terrorist massacre” that ultimately resulted in the deaths and injuries of several people and the burning of public property. According to a statement from the local council, behind the violence, which killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more, “there is an extremist group of Christians who carried out the massacre using cold steel and hand grenades.” . »
“The incident took place yesterday and Christians threw bombs at Muslims,” Sayyid Muhammad, chairman of the Amreh High Council for Islamic Affairs, told Reuters. He added that fires had broken out in shops in the area and in three mosques.
