Ethiopia: more than 200 Amhara people killed in attack blamed on rebels

People killed like chickens' as ethnic tensions continue in Africa's second most populous country

Witnesses in Ethiopia said on Sunday that more than 200 ethnic Amhara have been killed in an attack in the country's Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group, which denies it.

It is one of the deadliest such attacks in recent memory as ethnic tensions continue in Africa's second most populous country.