Ethiopian forces kill three protesting students in Oromo

Three Oromo students have been killed and five others have been seriously wounded by the Ethiopian soldiers in Kiltukara town in the district of Sibu, West Welega zone in western Ethiopia.

Despite the repressive action taken by the Ethiopian government in an effort to quell the uprising launched by Oromo students and people, the resistance has even grown bigger, the opposition Voice of Oromo Liberation (VOL) said.

The public uprising in Kiltukara town and the surrounding areas has intensified.

The Oromo students wounded in Kiltukara town were taken to Haira Guliso hospital. Radio sources say that one of the wounded students died on the way to the hospital.

Oromo students and people in west Wellega zone have vowed that no amount of atrocities by the Ethiopian regime would deter them from continuing with the uprising, the opposition radio stated.

(VOL/ST)