Violence in western Ethiopia has led many to flee from violenceHyenas scavenged on corpses dumped in the streets of Ethiopia’s holiest city after troops shot at worshippers seeking refuge in a church, according to one of the first witness reports to emerge from the country’s civil conflict. A deacon described helping to count hundreds of strewn remains and organise mass burials after the massacre at the Church of St Mary of Zion, Axum’s most revered site, and near by. SponsoredSoldiers had stormed the compound and dragged out worshippers, he told reporters, shooting any who tried to run. Those responsible were troops from neighbouring Eritrea, he said. Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has been isolated from the world since Abiy Ahmed deployed state troops against its renegade leadership EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/GETTY IMAGESEthiopia’s northern Tigray region has been isolated from the world since Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister and 2019 Nobel peace prizewinner, deployed state troops against its renegade leadership in

Source: Ethiopian News February 19, 2021 00:00 UTC