Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 01:19:49 +0200
NEWS UPDATE : Farmers in Gondar take over a military camp in Azezo and a depot in Koladiba, two killed in Aimba in a gun battle with regime soldiers
Photo: Social media – Saturday in the capital Addis Ababa)
ESAT News (August 6, 2016)
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A resident of the town told ESAT on the phone that farmers in Azezo who engaged regime soldiers in a gun battle all day on Saturday took over the military camp in the town. ESAT could not independently verify the claim and it is not clear which side controls the town of Azezo.
Heavy fighting has been reported in Koladiba, 35 kilometers form the town of Gondar, where protesters took control of a military depot. A source told ESAT that farmers run over the army in a fierce gun fight. Offices and vehicles belonging to the ruling EPRDF were set on fire.
In Aimba, two killed in a gun battle with soldiers as the farmers ambushed a convoy of soldiers heading to Gondar.
As night falls in Ethiopia and with the internet cut by the regime, it was hard to obtain information as to the extent of casualties in today’s fighting between the people of Gondar and regime forces.
ESAT will post updates as they come.
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Ethiopians stage nationwide rally against tyranny, met with brute forces of the regime
Photo: Social media
ESAT News (August 6, 2016)
From Borena to Gondar, Harar to Wollega, Ethiopians raised their voice loud and clear denouncing tyranny and expressing solidarity with one another despite years of divide and rule along ethnic lines by the minority regime.
Protesters in the Oromo region expressed solidarity with their compatriots in Gondar and Amharas everywhere saying “Stop killing the Amharas!” and “Amharas are our brothers,” “We are one!”
Protest demonstrators, who were peaceful, were however met with the brute forces of the regime. According to information received by ESAT so far, at least ten protesters were killed in the Oromo region alone while 3 others were dead in Azezo, Gondar.
In the capital Addis Ababa video posted on social media show security forces brutally beating protesters. Similar beatings were seen in Adama, Ambo and in all the towns where people took to the streets.
In Nekpmte, reports say one federal police officer was killed in the skirmish.
More updates will follow.