Another Karayyu Gadaa leader died after heavily beaten by the regime security forces
As violence in Fentalle persists, another #Karayyu Gadaa leader died after heavily beaten by the regimes security forces.
Residents say Gobu Hawile a successor of the Karrayyu Gadaa leader who died during the 2021 massacre of the Karrayyu Gadaa leaders, died of injuries on Monday incurred when he was heavily beaten by government security forces over the last weakened.
The government forces had heavily beaten Gobu Hawile and other people who were with him in #Tututi village in Fentalle district of East Shewa zone #Oromia at a specific place known as Kaarra, a place where members of Karrayyu Gadaa leaders were massacred in 2021.
He added the son of Hawas Mato Borra, a senior Karrayyu Gadaa leader who was gunned down two weeks ago by militants from the neighboring region is among the victims of the beatings and he is currently lingering between life and death in a nearby hospital.
According to the VOA, another local elder Boruu Jille who survived the beatings is also in critical conditions and receiving treatments in Wolanchiti hospital.
A Karrayyu native and an indigenous people’s rights advocate based in the US expressed his concern that coupled with the ongoing drought, and lack of incoming aid, the persisted insecurity in the area, may result in disastrous consequences for the Karrayyu community and threaten their existence.
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