ADDIS ABABA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopia Attorney General Office (AGO) on Friday said it has charged six soldiers with murder in connection to a deadly shooting incident on March 10 last year that left at least 10 civilians dead.
In a press statement, the AGO said the six soldiers are charged with committing first degree murder related to the incident in the Ethiopian border city of Moyale.
The AGO said the six soldiers have been brought before court in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this week for preliminary hearings with the case adjourned for next Thursday.
The Ethiopian government had said the shooting happened when an army unit deployed around Moyale city on the border with Kenya to intercept suspected Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) fighters allegedly opened fire on civilians on a basis of mistaken information.
Moyale is in Oromia regional state, which had been in a state of unrest since late 2015.
