When Hachalu was killed one week later, many members of the Oromo diaspora community immediately speculated that Hachalus criticism of the Menelik II statue infuriated sympathizers of imperial Ethiopia, which may have led to his murder.
Wakati Hachalu alikiuawa wiki moja baadaye watu wengi wa jamii ya Oromo wanaokaa nje ya nchi walihisi kwamba kitendo cha Hachalu kuikosoa sanamu ya Menelik II kiliwakasirisha wanaoiunga mkono Ethiopia ya kifalme na kusababisha kuuawa kwake.