Chinese national killed in Ethiopia armed attack, embassy tells citizens to leave high-risk areas
- Nine Chinese citizens came under fire in the restive Oromia region, where one of them was shot and killed
- Oromia, the largest and most populous province of Ethiopia, is haunted by a long-running insurgency
A Chinese national was killed in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region, Beijing’s embassy in Addis Ababa said on Tuesday, ordering its citizens to evacuate from high-risk areas.
Nine Chinese citizens came under attack on Monday evening in Gebre Guracha, some 160km (100 miles) north of the capital, the embassy said in a statement.
“Unfortunately, one of them was shot and died,” it said, giving no further information about the incident or the Chinese nationals.
While calm has largely returned to the northern Tigray region after two years of brutal war, fighting has continued elsewhere in Oromia, the largest and most populous region of Ethiopia that is haunted by a long-running insurgency.
The Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, have long complained of marginalisation.