Two bombings by the Ethiopian armed forces hit the capital of Tigray, Mekelle this morning. Tigrinya television reports it, Tigers Television, e Getachew Reda, the spokesperson for the Tplf (Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray) party. Addis Ababa replied through the secretary of the Communications Services, Legesse Tulu, rejecting all accusations: “Why should the Ethiopian government bomb one of its cities? Mekelle is an Ethiopian city”. Tulu instead accused the Tplf forces of being responsible for the deaths of 30 civilians in the attacks carried out in the districts of Chifra and Wuchale, in the Afar and Amhara regions.
The confirmation of the two bombings would also have come from an employee of an NGO, he reports Reuters, which points out that it is impossible to verify the news in an area closed to the media. “The Ethiopian government today conducted two airstrikes on Mekelle, injuring dozens of civilians and killing three – writes the regional TV on Facebook – The first attack took place around 9 in a small village on the outskirts of the city. The second was conducted to the ‘Adi Haki Market, in the center of the capital, and injured a civilian. ” Getachew Reda on Twitter: “Abiy Ahmed sent its bombers to attack civilian targets in and out of Mekelle. Monday is market day in Mekelle and the intention is all too clear. They attack while they are losing what they call ‘the final offensive’ against Tigray. “
Ethiopia, the next Yugoslavia?
di CHRISTIAN PUTSCH
A few days ago Tigrinya sources gave the news of “a final offensive” launched by the government of Abiy Ahmed against the Tigray rebels “coordinated on various fronts”. The conflict that broke out last November between Addis Ababa and the rebels in the Tigray region has triggered one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent years, with almost 7 million people in need of urgent food aid and about 400,000 people in famine conditions.
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