The U.N. children's agency UNICEF on Saturday condemned an airstrike that "hit a kindergarten" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, killing at least four people, including two children. "UNICEF strongly condemns the air strike ... (that) hit a kindergarten, killing several children, and injuring others," UNICEF's executive director, Catherine Russell, said on Twitter. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that controls the northern region said the air raid demolished a kindergarten and hit a civilian residential area, claims the government denied. Kibrom Gebreselassie, chief clinical director at Mekelle's Ayder Referral Hospital, told AFP that four people were killed in the strike, including two children. "For almost two years, children and their families in the region have endured the agony of this conflict.

Source: Ethiopian News August 27, 2022 08:21 UTC