Three Killed in Attacks on Ethiopian Orthodox Church, According to Report
Nairobi, Kenya — "Three people have been killed Saturday in attacks on a church in southern Ethiopia, according to reports by a religious media outlet. The violence erupted against a backdrop of tensions in the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church after rebel bishops created their own synod in Oromia, the country's most populous region. Abune Henok, Archbishop of Addis Ababa Diocese, described the incidents in the Oromia city of Shashamene as "shameful and heart-wrenching," according to the Church-affiliated Tewahedo Media Center (TMC). The TMC said two Orthodox Christian youths had been killed, and another four people injured, when Oromia special forces attacked the church in Shashamene, which lies about 250 kilometers (150 miles) south of Addis Ababa. It later said there had been sniper fire on the church from nearby high-rise buildings that had killed a woman and injured others. It was not possible to independently verify the reports. Heno...