On 28 April 2025, he became one of dozens of Ethiopians killed in a US air strike on a migrant detention in Saada, northwest Yemen. Survivors of the strike who spoke to MEE said the people killed in the strike were all Ethiopians, all men and mostly in their early 20s. 'America killed my son, my pride, why?' “America killed my son, my pride, why?” US air strike survivors speakThe US strike didn’t just destroy the dreams of young Ethiopians and rip apart the worlds of their families.