A number of people were shot and killed by government security forces, but several news outlets including Voice of America and Addis Standard reported that angry mobs from the Oromo ethnic group attacked multiethnic, interfaith towns and cities in southeastern Oromia, targeting non-Oromo, non-Muslim families in the region.
Watu kadhaa walipigwa risasi na mamlaka za usalama lakini baadhi ya vyanzo vya habari ikiwamo Sauti ya Amerika na Addis Standard viliripoti kuwa vikundi vya watu wenye hasira kutoka kabila la Oromo walishambulia watu wa makundi mbalimbali ikiwepo miji na mitaa inayokaliwa na watu wa imani tofauti tofauti, iliyo Kusini Mashariki mwa mji wa Oromo, wakilenga hasa familia za watu wasio Waoromo na wasio Waislam katika ukanda huo.