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Ethiopia: Massacre of Mount Sufi
Sudan Tribune, Sudan - Feb 23, 2007

Residents of Western Hararge of Oromia State witness that over 20 people were massacred on Sufi Mountain. In the zone, reports indicate that killings torture, and arbitrary detentions are escalating. Government security forces do this to revenge an Oromo civil disobedience that started a year ago.

The mount Sufi tragedy like any holocaust is motivated by the ruling party’s hatred against the Oromo people. Parents of holocaust victims who prefer to be anonymous tell tragic stories. A mother to a 14 year old daughter tells us the tragedy of how her daughter was taken from home and killed. She said that Ayisha Aliyi was taken at night by security forces in her nightgown. Ayisha never came back. Local police station told the mother that it does not know the whereabouts of Ayisha. Later, the mother figured out Ayisha was amongst the 20 killed on mount Sufi. She found her hair and bits of her body and clothes ...

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