The attack left the 27-year-old man needing life-saving surgery. The man – who, for security reasons, cannot be named – was attacked in Hirna, a rural town 400km east of Addis Ababa. His local clinic referred him to the hospital in nearby Asebeteferi, who in turn sent him to Adama, where a doctor operated on his wounds. Although he is still unwell, the surgery stabilised him enough to be taken elsewhere for more specialised treatment.