Shene serving TPLF’s interest disguises Oromo people: Survivors

ADDIS ABABA-The terrorist designated Shene group has been committing grave crimes against civilians and has caused immense destruction of the people of Oromo and other civilians and ravaged public property by taking orders from its crime master TPLF, survivors said.

The survivors, whose names are concealed for safety purposes, bitterly stated that the group killed scores of defenseless civilians and kidnapped individuals without apparent political affiliation thereby disproving its claim to stand for the Oromo people. A significant number of civilians living in different parts of the Oromia State have lost families and relatives due to Shene’s belligerence.

“How on earth a group that claimed to protect the Oromo people killed innocent civilians, burned and destroyed their property?” they posed the question. “If one really fights for the freedom of its own people, it doesn’t kill his brothers, sisters and dissolve families. Shene is not fighting for the people of Oromo, but instead they are fighting to achieve TPLF’s hidden agenda.”

The killing of innocent civilians and the destruction and looting of public and private properties have become a daily occurrence in Oromia due to the criminal faction’s existence. “They set fire to our home while the family was inside, killed my father, and I was struggling with them to save my life and even though they shot me in hand, I could endure,” said one of the survivors.

“My father is a farmer and he doesn’t have a political affiliation with any entity. Shene combatants killed him as if he was the supporter of the government and received finance from the latter. Now we left our home and led a peaceful life in another area as refugees,” another one recounted.

BY HAILE DEMEKE

THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2022

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