It is the deadliest attack in recent memory as ethnic tensions continue in Africa's second most populous country.
Witnesses in Ethiopia have said that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in the country's Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group, which is denying responsibility.Locals says about 230 people were killed in one of the deadliest attacks in recent memoryThe Oromo Liberation Army has denied involvement
"I have counted 230 bodies. I am afraid this is the deadliest attack against civilians we have seen in our lifetime," Abdul-Seid Tahir, a resident of Gimbi county, told The Associated Press after barely escaping the attack on Saturday.
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