80 People Die in Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Restive North: Local Reports
News - World: In northern Ethiopia, 80 people have been killed in an airstrike on a busy market amid renewed fighting after a brief lull in the violence-wracked Tigray region, local media reports quoted UN sources as saying.
The airstrike on Tuesday hit the town of Togoga, northwest of the Tigray capital, Mekelle.
An unnamed UN official told the press that ambulances operated by the Ethiopian Red Cross had been denied access to the site of the strike.
The International Committee for the Red Cross confirmed an “ongoing operation” on the scene.
Separately, a doctor working at Ayder Hospital in Mekelle confirmed that 30 people had been confirmed dead as of Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian military spokesman Colonel Getnet Adane said airstrikes were a common military tactic and that government forces do not target civilians.
Residents reported that the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) had entered several towns north of Mekelle in the past three days.
Source: Press TV
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