Below is an article published by Ogaden Online :

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) condemns the cowardly killing of a British citizen in Ogaden as reported by media outlets. The Ethiopian regime has for some time now sponsored undisciplined armed militias who routinely wreak havoc in Ogaden and are no doubt responsible for this callous act. The ONLF maintains a principled policy position against the deliberate targeting of civilians. TheEthiopian regime has clearly lost control of the local armed militias it sponsors, and ONLF strongly suspects that they have committed this act.

The ONLF believes that it is in the interest of the Ethiopian regime to create a climate of fear and insecurity in order to isolate the Ogaden from the world and keep committing war crimes without scrutiny of the international community.