Woybela Mariam Church incident

Woybela Mariam Church incident
Location9°01′26″N 38°41′17″E / 9.0239°N 38.6881°E / 9.0239; 38.6881
Woybela Mariam Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date20 January 2022 (2022-01-20)
TargetCongregants at feast celebration
Weapons
Deaths3
Injured10

On 20 January 2022, a group of Oromia police officers fired at Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo followers while the congregants transporting a tabot to Woybela Mariam Church during the feast day of Saint Michael in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing three people from direct gunshots, and injuring ten other people.

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