Ethiopian Soldiers killed at least 15 people on Monday in Chelenko, in the east of the country, according to an Oromia spokesperson.
“They [soldiers] started shooting whoever they found on the street,” eyewitness Sufian Usman, who lives in the town, said.
Another resident, who was in the hospital, said that he counted up to 20 bodies, including a 10-year-old and a father and son.
People were protesting against the killing of Oromo citizen Ahimadin Ahmed Asasa by the Somali Regional special police, the Oromia regional government spokesperson, Addisu Arega said on Facebook.
Mr Asasa was shot in Sarkama near the border of Oromia and Somali regional states and died on his way to hospital.
Oromia regional state officials are investigating the killings, Mr Arega added.
