Ethiopia command post says 9 civilians killed by mistake
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A command post overseeing Ethiopia's state of emergency said security forces mistakenly killed nine civilians in Moyale, near the country's southern border with Kenya.
The command post said in a statement Sunday that five members of Ethiopia's National Defense Forces involved in the killings have been disarmed and are under investigation.
A human rights group said that since Ethiopia's government declared a state of emergency in mid-February the security forces have killed several other people. The Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia said on March 9 that seven people were killed by security forces in the restive Oromia region so far this month.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ethiopia imposed the state of emergency following months of unrest in some parts of the country, tarnishing the country's image as one of Africa's best performing economies.