Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a “horrific” bus attack in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of western Ethiopia, the scene of recent deadly violence against civilians, the national human rights agency reported on Sunday.
“The estimated number of victims (deceased), currently 34, is likely to increase,” the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), an independent state institution, said in a statement.
The attack took place in the administrative area of Metekel, where at the end of September, the EHRC had already reported the death of 15 civilians in violence described as “targeted killings”.
