ነውጡ እና እልቂቱ የተከሰተው በጃዋር መሐመድ የፌስቡክ ጽሑፎች ሳቢያ ነው የሚሉት ተቃዋሚዎቹ፥ ትዊተር ላይ “#October2019massacre” በሚል ሐሽታግ መልዕክቶቻቸውን አስተጋብተዋል። ብዙ ጊዜ ለጃዋር በመራራት ወይም ደግሞ በምሥጢር አብረውት በመሥራት ከሚከወቅሷቸው ከጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዐቢይም ቁርጥ እርምጃ እንዲወሰድ ጥሪ አቅርበዋል።
Opponents characterized the violent incident as a massacre caused because of Mohammed's Facebook posts, a narrative that has gained widespread traction on Ethiopian Twitter under a hashtag “#October2019massacre.” They called for a tough response from Prime Minister Abiy (an Oromo), whom they routinely accuse of either being too soft on Mohammed or secretly working with him.