May 28, 2026
12 Passengers reportedly killed while in the Bus
Borkena
Toronto – A passenger’s pass that was travelling between Amhara region to Addis Ababa was reportedly abducted in the Gohatsion area of the Oromia region. It happens along the Addis Ababa – Gojjam road.
Coalition for Ethiopian Unity (CEU), a coalition of four major opposition parties, reported a passengers bus known locally as “Tata” with full of passengers was abducted on Thursday around 10:30 a.m. at Kerebuha kebele – located 6 kilometers from Gohatsion town in Oromia region. The location is said to be the second deadliest abduction spot next to Alidoro where over 40 passengers were abducted last week.
From reports so far, 12 passengers were shot dead while still in the bus. The remaining passengers are reportedly taken to nearby jungles. It is not immediately clear if the bodies of those killed in the attack are taken care of.
The party cited residents from the area to report that government structures in the area are actively involved in the tragic incident. Residents say that they are officials with less than 10,000 Ethiopian birr monthly income but own three or four residential homes and multiple sino-trucks.
The government usually links abductions and killings to Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Shane as it refers to it, a militant ethnic Oromo nationalist group.
The coalition called for an immediate and unconditional release of those abducted.
The government has not remarked about the incident at the time of this writing.
There has been a recurring attack on passenger buses, travelling from Amhara region to Addis Ababa or the other way, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. And there does not seem to be an end to it as the government fails to take action.
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