As these forces searched for weapons in at least two villages, farmers there attacked the Tigrayan forces and fighting ensued. They fought the Ethiopian military troops at close quarters for two days before the Ethiopian forces retreated from the village. Two witnesses said that these forces fired on Ethiopian forces positioned in nearby hills when no civilians were in the compounds. Two others said Tigrayan forces deployed in compounds with civilians remaining in them, putting the civilians at risk when Ethiopian forces returned fire. Genet said that Tigrayan forces occupied her family’s large compound, firing DShK mounted machine guns at Ethiopian forces on the mountainside.

Source: Ethiopian News December 10, 2021 03:31 UTC