Survivors Count 54 Dead After Ethiopia Massacre, Group Says

Police officers in a warehouse of the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct. 2, 2020. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Survivors of a massacre by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday counted 54 bodies in a schoolyard, the latest attack in which members of ethnic minorities have been deliberately targeted, Amnesty International said Monday.

Human rights groups are asking why federal soldiers left the area just hours before attackers moved in and targeted ethnic Amharas.