[Reuters]Only combatants, not civilians, were struck in an airstrike this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the country’s military spokesman said on Thursday. An airstrike killed at least 43 people in the town on Tuesday, a medical official told Reuters. The military spokesman said the combatants were not inside the market but had gathered in the town to commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of another town in Tigray, Hawzen, in 1988. Previously, Getnet, the military spokesman, had declined to confirm or deny the incident, saying airstrikes were a common military tactic and that government forces do not target civilians. He said that the airstrike killed a man he knew.

Source: Daily Nation June 24, 2021 09:11 UTC