Survivors of the Bahrale camp attack in Afar said ‘at least five killed, several women kidnapped’ in attack this month. The attack earlier this month is the latest blow to the more than 100,000 Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia, whose camps have been repeatedly caught up in a grinding 15-month war. Survivors of the Bahrale camp attack in Afar reported that “at least five refugees were killed and several women were kidnapped” after armed men entered on February 3, the UN refugee agency said in a statement on Friday. The attack on Bahrale marks the first time a camp outside Tigray has been affected. Established in 2009, the camp housed nearly 21,000 refugees as of December 2021, according to the UN, with more than 13,000 additional refugees living in surrounding districts.

Source: Ethiopian News February 18, 2022 18:36 UTC