On 5 March 2021, suspected Oromo Liberation Army gunmen attacked the village of Debos Kebele killing 29 civilians.

On 5 March 2021, gunmen believed to be aligned with the OLA attacked the village of Debos Kebele.

Oromo fighters removed about 28 people from the church and then raped the women.

They then took the group to a forest called Gerji where all 28 people including 21 women and 7 children were executed.

The OLA soon released a statement on the attack claiming that they do not target people based on their ethnicity and that the attack was carried out by a rogue OLA splinter group led by Faqadaa Abdiisaa.