{"id":362735,"date":"2021-07-24T13:25:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T17:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=362735"},"modified":"2021-07-24T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T18:57:55","slug":"abiy-ahmed-forces-in-metekel-opened-fire-on-civilians-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/362735","title":{"rendered":"Government forces in Metekel opened fire on civilians – BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC has reported that Abiy Ahmed forces in Metekel, Benishangul Region of Ethiopia, opened fire on civilians who gathered to mourn the loss of a young man who was killed by Gumuz bandits. <\/p>\n

The incident took place in Bulen town, Metekel Zone, on Thursday, July 22, 2021, according to BBC’s<\/a> sources, who said that at least 4 civilians were admitted to a hospital in Bulen.<\/p>\n

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The campaign by Abiy Ahmed’s ruling party, Bedadina (Prosperity) to expel Amharas from Benishangul is currently in full swing after a brief hiatus during the recent elections. The goal is for the Oromia Region to take control of the Nile Dam that is being constructed in the Benishangul Region. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC has reported that Abiy Ahmed forces in Metekel, Benishangul Region of Ethiopia, opened fire on civilians who gathered to mourn the loss of a young man who was killed by Gumuz bandits. The incident took place in Bulen town, Metekel Zone, on Thursday, July 22, 2021, according to BBC’s sources, who said that at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Benishangul-Gumuz-Bulen-town.png?fit=976%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1wmz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362739,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362735\/revisions\/362739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}