(CNN) US Sen. Chris Coons calls "deeply disturbing" reports and footage of executions in Ethiopia's Tigray region. "New reports and footage emerging from Tigray of extrajudicial killings, murders of civilians, sexual and gender-based violence, and forced displacement are deeply disturbing," Coons, a Delaware Democrat, tweeted Saturday. New reports and footage emerging from #Tigray of extrajudicial killings, murders of civilians, sexual and gender-based violence, and forced displacement are deeply disturbing. — Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) April 3, 2021His comments come after a CNN investigation found that men wearing Ethiopian army uniforms executed unarmed men in Tigray. A BBC-led investigation also published Thursday corroborated the same massacre near Mahibere Dego, a mountainous area of central Tigray.

Source: CNN April 03, 2021 12:00 UTC