Ambush in Ethiopian Moyale town leaves scores dead



OPride.com - By : Staff Reporting

Unidentified militiamen ambushed two villages near Moyale town in Ethiopia leaving scores dead and several others wounded, eyewitnesses and reports said.

Fighting erupted when concerned villagers approached a heavily armed forces taking positions outside Camuq and Malab villages earlier this week, eyewitnesses said.

"They [the militia] refused to identify themselves and told the villagers they shouldn't be concerned," said Kokolfa Dafarsha in a phone interview from New York.

"When the villagers warned that they would call in the Ethiopian military from the nearby military outpost, Shawa Bar, the armed men began firing at the villagers." - More

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