Air Strike On Playground Kills 7 In Ethiopia's Tigray Region
Date
8/26/2022 9:08:36 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
An air strike on a children's play area killed at least seven
people in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on
Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a
four-month old ceasefire collapsed this week, Trend reports citing Reuters .
The officials said three children were among the dead but a a
federal government spokesman denied any civilian casualties.
The air strike on Mekelle took place two days after fighting
broke out again between the national government and Tigrayan forces
on the border of the Tigray and Amhara regions, shattering the
ceasefire.
Tigrai Television, controlled by the regional authorities,
blamed the federal government for the strike. No other military
aircraft operate in Ethiopian airspace.
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