ESAT News (February 18, 2016)
The protest in West
Arsi, Oromia region of Ethiopia, continued today despite brutal crackdown by
the regime that’s now rolling its American donated Humvees in the streets to
boost up its operation against protesters who demanded political and economic
rights.
ESAT’s sources in the region say at least
17 people were killed by the Agazi forces, the regime’s snipers, in the last
five days of protest in the area that began on Friday when the forces decided
to shot at a bus full of wedding goers for the trivial reason that the partiers
refused to turn down a music playing on the radio, a favorite song among the
protesters. Four were injured in that shooting. Protest against that brutal
attack then engulfed Shashemene and the surrounding towns with the local
militia responding to fires from the Agazi forces killing at least 7 of them.
Protesters effectively blocked roads in
every town to fend off the Agazi forces from reaching their neck of the woods.
Reports filed by the Oromo Media Network show regime's forces using helicopters
and American Humvees to try to reach the localities.
In this strongest show of resistance
against the dictatorial regime in Ethiopia by one of the largest ethnic groups
in the country, the minority regime has lost control of the towns in the Oromia
region where protesters effectively blocked roads fending off the forces coming
to attack them. Protesters in Dodola took down the portrait of Meles Zenawi,
Ethiopia’s late dictator, and set it ablaze, in a rare show strong rejection to
the system and the minority rule.
“The regime has lost control and this
protest is one among numerous manifestations that it has lost credibility; and
whatever semblance of legitimacy has vanished,” a close observer of political
developments in Ethiopia told ESAT today.
“The tyrannical regime uses not only it’s
anti-terrorism law to crackdown on opponents, but also weapons it acquires
under the name of fighting terrorists in Somalia, against peaceful protesters,”
he added referring to the American Humvees being used to clear the blockages by
the protesters.
(Photo: OMN)
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