Bloodshed in Ethiopia: More than 50 killed and 100 injured in air raid

At least 50 people were killed and another 100 were injured in one air raid hit a busy market in the city of Togoga, in the war-torn province of Tigray, on Wednesday (June 23rd) Ethiopia. The tragic news was spread by medical officials in the area.

Residents stress that, fighting has escalated in recent days north of the provincial capital, Mecca.

In this area, the Federal Army has been conducting military operations since November and at least 350,000 people are at risk of starvation, according to the UN.

According to the latest report of the Associated Press, which referred to medical officials, but also as reported by ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, More than 50 people were killed in the airstrike, at least 100 were injured and more than 33 are missing. There are children among the victims.

According to eyewitnesses, the airstrike, which was launched at around 13:00 noon (local time), took place at a time when the market was full of people.

Raid amid counting of votes from national and regional parliamentary elections

The spokesman for the Ethiopian army, Colonel Getneth Adane, did not confirm or deny the bombing. Air raids are a common military tactic and that government forces do not target civilians.

Earlier, Reuters quoted a medical official as saying at least 43 people had been killed in the attack. A family of one seriously injured in the attack spoke to Agence France-Presse about two airstrikes in and around the market.

Speaking to Reuters, a medical official and two other health workers assisting aid in the city of Togo said after the attack that Ethiopian soldiers had blocked the main road from Mecca to the city, preventing ambulances from reaching the spot. “Patients are dying right now,” said the official.

The military spokesman denied that the army was blocking access to ambulances.

The raid came as Ethiopian officials counted votes from this week’s national and regional parliamentary elections in seven of the country’s 10 provinces. No elections were held in Tigray. Security concerns and ballot problems also delayed the election process in two other constituencies.

Ethiopian Federal Prime Minister Abi Ahmed announced on November 4 that he had ordered the federal army to intervene in Tigray to capture and disarm the leadership of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). forces.

The TPLF, at the helm of the province until then, was practically in conflict with the central government after losing power at the federal level, three years earlier.

Residents reported that TPLF forces had entered several towns north of Meckele in the past three days, leaving one of them within hours.

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