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Over 20 killed in anti-Muslim attack in Ethiopia: Islamic group
More than 20 people have been killed in an attack on Muslims in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar during the funeral of a Muslim elder, a local Islamic group said on Wednesday.
The Islamic Affairs Council of Amhara, the region where Gondar is located, described Tuesday's attack at a cemetery as a "massacre" by heavily-armed "extremist Christians."
The attackers "fired a barrage of heavy machine guns and grenades... leaving many dead while others who were injured have been taken to hospital," the religious body said.
"More than 20 have died due to yesterday's attack which also saw the looting of Muslim properties," it added.
The mayor of Gondar, Zewdu Malede, told Ethiopian public broadcaster EBC that the "incident was carried out by a few extremist individuals."
"There has been some destruction and loss of lives from all sides," he said, without offering further details about the identity of the attackers or the victims.
"The situation was (brought) under control by 7:00 pm."
Officials at the Amhara regional government could not be reached while Gondar police declined to comment.
The cemetery where the attack occurred has been the subject of an ongoing dispute between Muslims and Orthodox Christians, who account for the majority of Ethiopia's population.
"Although ongoing wide-ranging measures have been taken to invade the... cemetery, the place has been historically at all times a Muslim cemetery," the Islamic Affairs Council said in its statement.
The city's mayor said the attackers were extremists who had sought "to burn down, to destroy, to destabilise and to loot Gondar."
"This in no way represents the Muslim and Christian communities," he added.
Muslims make up about one third of Ethiopia's population of 110 million and are a small minority in Amhara, the country's second-most-populous region which is dominated by Orthodox Christians.
In 2019, multiple mosques were attacked in the town of Mota in Amhara, more than 350 kilometres (217 miles) north of the capital, Addis Ababa, in a wave of religious violence that sparked condemnation by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Analysts caution that conflicts that appear to be rooted in religion in Ethiopia are often also shaped by disputes over land use, ethnicity and other issues.
A.Motta--PC