Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA range of Ethiopian government and military officials did not respond to Reuters requests for comment on the air strike or the letter. Reuters could not independently verify details of the air strike or the death toll. ACCUSATIONThe Tigray external relations office said in a statement that 65 people had been killed and 70 injured in the strike. The deadliest previous air strike of the war occurred in January, when 59 people were killed at a displaced persons camp in the northwestern town of Dedebit, according to the U.N. human rights office. Last week, another air strike in Adi Daero killed at least six civilians and injured at least a dozen, a doctor and two humanitarian workers said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Source: Ethiopian News October 06, 2022 01:16 UTC