Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a massacre in the sacred city of Aksum unfolded (BBC)
Posted: 26 Feb 2021, 09:11
Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed hundreds of people in Aksum mainly over two days in November, witnesses say.
The mass killings on 28 and 29 November may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International says in a report.
An eyewitness told the BBC how bodies remained unburied on the streets for days, with many being eaten by hyenas.
Ethiopia and Eritrea, which both officially deny Eritrean soldiers are in Tigray, have not commented.
The Ethiopian Human Rights commission says the report should be "taken seriously" and that it was investigating the allegations.
Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed hundreds of people in Aksum mainly over two days in November, witnesses say.
The mass killings on 28 and 29 November may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International says in a report.
An eyewitness told the BBC how bodies remained unburied on the streets for days, with many being eaten by hyenas.
Ethiopia and Eritrea, which both officially deny Eritrean soldiers are in Tigray, have not commented.
The Ethiopian Human Rights commission says the report should be "taken seriously" and that it was investigating the allegations.
The conflict erupted on 4 November 2020 when Ethiopia's government launched an offensive to oust the region's ruling TPLF party after its fighters captured federal military bases in Tigray.
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, told parliament on 30 November that "not a single civilian was killed" during the operation.
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The mass killings on 28 and 29 November may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International says in a report.
An eyewitness told the BBC how bodies remained unburied on the streets for days, with many being eaten by hyenas.
Ethiopia and Eritrea, which both officially deny Eritrean soldiers are in Tigray, have not commented.
The Ethiopian Human Rights commission says the report should be "taken seriously" and that it was investigating the allegations.
Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed hundreds of people in Aksum mainly over two days in November, witnesses say.
The mass killings on 28 and 29 November may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International says in a report.
An eyewitness told the BBC how bodies remained unburied on the streets for days, with many being eaten by hyenas.
Ethiopia and Eritrea, which both officially deny Eritrean soldiers are in Tigray, have not commented.
The Ethiopian Human Rights commission says the report should be "taken seriously" and that it was investigating the allegations.
The conflict erupted on 4 November 2020 when Ethiopia's government launched an offensive to oust the region's ruling TPLF party after its fighters captured federal military bases in Tigray.
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, told parliament on 30 November that "not a single civilian was killed" during the operation.
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