Aisha Seid was born in Argoba, South Wollo Zone. She was raised in Tole Kebele, West Welega, Gimbi Woreda.She moved there in 1990. At that time, she was just a child.
Aisha didn’t go to school. She was helping her father, who was a farmer.As she grew older, she married in Tole Kebele, where she grew up. She built her own hut. Life went on like this. She is blessed with two beautiful daughters.
Then, four years later, she gave birth to her last daughter. But like all the other children, she was not fortunate enough to see her baby growing.
When Aisha Saeed was killed along with several others in her village on Saturday, June 19, 2022, her daughter was only 15 days old.
“Our lives were threatened because of the threat posed on Amhara people in the area,” said Aisha’s close relative who shared the story.
Aisha, the mother of six-year-old, four-year-old and fifteen-year-old girls, did not study her waistline. Her legs did not have the strength to escape.
“The militants, including her, abducted children and women from their homes and took them to a forest called Chefe. Then they shot them. ”Aisha died next to her new born child.
The attack took place in five villages inhabited by Amharas in Tole Kebele.According to the individual, there were no security forces during the hours-long attack; They did not arrive immediately.Residents interviewed by the BBC said security forces arrived too late.
On Sunday, survivors gathered to bury the bodies of children, women, and elders who had fallen from their homes and on the streets.
After burying those they found on Sunday morning, another massacre was heard around 1 p.m. It is said that some were kidnapped and killed in a forest called Chefe.
“We were escorted by security forces,” said Aisha’s relative.Everyone picks up the bodies of their relatives.Aisha’s cousin’s eyes fell on his neighbor and relatives.
“Aisha put her newborn baby in front of her and put her 15-day-old baby to sleep. She was shot in the back. ”
