The Ethiopian Embassy reported that one person was killed on Monday during gunfire that was directed at a group of Chinese nationals in Ethiopia’s unrest-plagued Oromia region.
Nine Chinese nationals were targeted by the gunmen during the incident in Garba Guaracha town, which is located about 160 kilometres (99 miles) north of Addis Abeba. One of the nine Chinese victims was killed.
It confirmed that “unfortunately one of them has passed away.”
The embassy has advised Chinese nationals to be more cautious and leave “high-risk areas” immediately.
In Oromia and bordering areas, “pernicious cases of armed attacks, kidnappings and robberies” are common, the embassy added.
The BBC’s attempt to reach to the region’s communications office was not successful.
While relative calm has returned to the war-hit northern region of Tigray following a peace deal signed in November, violence continues to surface in Oromia with fighting between government forces and rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) reported.
Clashes around the region’s borders with neighbouring Amhara have also claimed lives in in the past few weeks.
Last week 20 workers of a factory owned by Nigeria’s Dangote Cement were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the region. They were later reported to have been released.
It was the second such kidnapping in recent weeks.
In December, some Dangote Cement employees were also kidnaped and released after ransom was paid.