ናዝሬት/አዳማን በድንጋጤ የዋጣት አሳዛኙ ክስተት

ናዝሬት/አዳማን በድንጋጤ የዋጣት አሳዛኙ ክስተት (ሪፖርታዥ)- በሳሙኤል ጌታቸው – Samuel Getachew

The tragedy that left Adama in shock

IN-DEPTH“I don’t know if I can ever stand on my own feet,” Wegayehu Bizuwork cried as he attempted to make sense of the sudden loss of his youngest son in Adama. “I should be anticipating his high school graduation, not his funeral,” he explained as family members and friends streamed past him weeping and screaming the name of the 16-year-old inside his residence.

His son, Fitsum Wegayehu was due to celebrate his 17th birthday this week was among dozens of people killed randomly with a knife and was left to bleed to death.

When the violence began, the father had called to check on his children, from Shirka, Arsi Zone, where he works as a government employee but was told all was fine. However, he was called back in mere minutes and was asked to rush back to Adama immediately. By then, his son, a grade 10 student in a nearby high school had died.

“A father’s instinct, I called to check on my kids and was told they were all ok. Approximately 20 minutes later, I was called back, to be told my son was knifed to death,” he said. “He should have been the one burying me. Not me burying him,” the father of one of the youngest victims told The Reporter.

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The tragedy that left Adama in shock