“They didn’t spare the elderly, children and a person with mental illness. Amanuel’s relative who wants to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal said “Yesterday the mayor came with four members of Oromia special police and threatened to burn the house down if the tent was not taken down.” he continued, “Later more security forces came in four patrol cars and took mourners and family members.”Īccording to him, about 35 people who were released after hours of detention were taken to the Dembi Dollo police station where their cellphones and IDs were confiscated. One of the mourners at Amanuel’s home was his relative who told Addis Standard that the family was asked to take down the tent set up to host the neighbors and relatives who came to offer comfort to the family. Addis Standard received reports that, after Amanuel’s killing, security forces harassed his family and mourners who were present at his home to console them. Learn from me.” Amanuel was publicly executed shortly after, something the city administration explained as being measures that were taken on a member of ‘Abba Torbe’, a killing squad that operates under the recently designated terrorist organization referred to by the government as ‘Shene’. Another footage emerged on social media platforms as well as YouTube where Amanuel was seen battered and paraded while he was forced to shout “ I am a member of Abba Torbe. The young man, Amanuel Wondimu, was telling his interrogators his birthplace and where he is from.
Right: Social mediaĪddis Abeba, May 22/2021– It was on May 11 that a footage of a young man being interrogated by armed members of Oromia Special Forces was posted on the facebook page of the communication bureau of Dembi dollo city. Photos: Left: Kellem Wellega zone communication bureau. Right: wearing a church choir draper belonging to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. Left: Amanuel, Shortly before he was executed.
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