by Getahune Bekele-South Africa
Genocide: 11 Ethiopian Muslims mowed down in the Totolamo village blood bath
The
small maize and potato farming Muslim village of Totolamo in south west
oromiyya near the strategic town of Shashemene is in deep mourning
after 11 of her citizens gunned down in cold blood by the genocidal
Tigre People Liberation Front/ TPLF federal police commandos on Saturday
August 3, 2013.
A five year old kid, an elderly imam and four
teens are among the dead according to information obtained from
Shashemne general hospital where the bodies are stashed in a tiny
morgue. The number of the wounded is still unknown.
The fate of
hundreds who took refuge inside the Erob Gebya Mosque in the troubled
village and surrounded by the federal police is also not yet known.
Several others are in detention at the nearby Kofele town police station
and the town along with Totolamo village is under total control of the
TPLF gunmen in police uniform. Today August 4, 2013 residents are warned
to stay indoors as the situation remain frighteningly tense.
The
brutal attack on unarmed and benevolent villagers began at nine o’clock
yesterday morning after the faithful gathered for their routine prayer
meeting. Then the commandos poured into the village and started firing
indiscriminately, causing massive chaos and mayhem.
Although
genocide has become synonymous with the ruling minority junta for 22
years, the Totelamo blood bath is the first mass killing for newly
appointed federal police commander Assefa Abiyo who is said to be more
ruthless and ferocious than his predecessor Workneh Gebeyhu.
Scores
of relatives from the town of Shashemene are currently waiting to hear
the names of the dead or the wounded at the main gate of the general
hospital.
Furthermore, in the latest update posted on Minilik Salsawi’s Facebook account,
Federal police commandos are among the dead in the Totolamo blood bath
as the people tried to defend themselves by throwing stones at the
heavily armed attackers backed by deafening machinegun fire.
In
related news coming out of yet another nearby western Oromiyya town of
Dodola, federal police rapid intervention force unit members were chased
away from the area about fifteen hours ago by residents after they made an attempt to arrest a highly regarded local imam.
According
to updates reaching the Horn Times from Dodola, angry residents
followed the fleeing police force to the region’s administration offices
and the Jarolis (elders) are still locked in negotiations with the
authorities.
The Horn Times will post further updates in the coming hours.
@infohorntimes
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