The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has issued a solemn call for justice and protection after at least 60 of its faithful were killed in two brutal attacks in the Oromia region. According to the church, 14 people lost their lives in Merti district on Oct. 20, followed by a far deadlier assault in Shirka district on Oct. 24 that claimed 46 more lives. More than 20 others were seriously wounded, and around 20 homes were burned to the ground. In the deadliest of the attacks, armed groups surrounded farming families in their homes in Shirka Woreda late at night.