At least 50 people were killed in an air strike that hit a school in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict between the federal and regional governments, two aid workers and Tigray forces said. Tuesday's air strike in the town of Adi Daero appears to be one of the deadliest carried out during the nearly two-year war, which has killed thousands and uprooted millions. READ MORE US envoy returns to Ethiopia as situation in Tigray worsensAnother aid worker, who was briefed on the death toll by colleagues, said 62 people had been killed. The two aid workers asked not to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media. Tigray has been hit by several air strikes since fighting resumed in late August between government forces and their allies and TPLF rebels in northern Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News October 05, 2022 21:47 UTC