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⚡️UPDATE - Chaos and hostage-taking surge in Gonder City after assassination of Riot Dispersal Commanders 📍Central Gonder Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia ⭕ On October 21st, Gonder city was gripped by chaos following the assassination of two high-ranking officials of the riot dispersal forces. The Jan-Tekel Fano brigade claimed responsibility for the deaths of Commander Enyachew, reportedly the commissioner of riot dispersal forces, and an unnamed police commander, along with their 8 bodyguards in Fenter Kebele. ⭕ Following the assassination, riot dispersal forces fired gunshots into the sky, causing widespread panic and chaos throughout the city. ⭕ In retaliation, the regime ramped up its brutality, with over 17 civilians taken hostage on October 20th alone. Victims included a 9-year-old girl who had been held captive for 50 days and was found dead, sparking public outrage. ⭕ Vulnerable groups, such as Qolo Temari (religious students), were among those targeted in the wave of abductions. ⭕ Regime forces launched house-to-house searches, seizing over 139 legally-registered weapons. In one act of defiance, a resident of Kebele 18 fought back against the disarmament order, killing 6 soldiers before escaping.