Over 60 Orthodox Christians killed in attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region

More than 60 people were killed in attacks on three areas of the Shirka district in Ethiopia's Oromia region, according to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which called it a massacre. A local official blamed a new rebel coalition including the Oromo Liberation Army, which has denied earlier similar attacks, while a human rights council describes a pattern of religiously motivated violence. The killings show Christian communities facing targeted violence, a pattern Jesus warned of when he said his followers would be hated and killed (Matthew 24:9).