Amr Rad. MD🩺

⚠️ WARNING: UPSETTING FOOTAGE OF A MASS FUNERAL OF MURDERED CHRISTIANS IN ETHIOPIA ⚠️ More than 60 Orthodox Christians were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in two attacks over the last week. Fourteen died on October 20 in Merti district. Another 46 were killed on October 24 in villages in Shirka district. Eyewitnesses said the attackers surrounded the communities, went house to house with guns and knives, and burned homes. At least five of the dead were children. More than 20 people were wounded and 20 houses were destroyed. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church called the attacks a massacre and said security forces reached the area but could not stop the killing. Residents described being completely unprepared. Survivors have fled. This isn’t an isolated incident. The same region has seen repeated killings of Orthodox Christians over the past several years. The Church has said it has raised the insecurity with authorities multiple times without result. The people killed were civilians in their own villages. The attacks targeted them because of who they are. Sixty people are dead. Their families are burying them in mass graves while the rest of the world continues as if nothing happened. That is the story. Video by @NotifNews1