Kinijit North America has informed Ethiopian Review that five Kinijit supporters in Butajira, southern Ethiopia, have been arrested. Gizachew Lemma, Shemsu Yassin, Seid Kiyar, Yirgalem Nigatu and Tarekegn Abebe were arrested by by Woyanne gunmen this morning after being accused of holding an illegal public gathering with Kinijit leaders last week.
Later in the afternoon, three of them (Gizachew Lemma, Shemsu Yassin and Tarekegn Abebe) were released after they had been interrogated about the current Kinijit’s delegation visit in the area. Seid Kiyar and Yirgalem Nigatu are still under arrest.