"Eritrean soldiers killed innocent people in Adwa, ENDF intervened, they'd have continued killing" Tigray Intr Goverment
Posted: 15 Apr 2021, 07:55
Eritrean soldiers kill nine civilians in Tigray, Ethiopian regional official says
By Reuters Staff
NAIROBI, April 14 (Reuters) - Eritrean soldiers opened fire in an Ethiopian town on Monday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding more than a dozen others, a local government official told Reuters.
Berhane Gebretsadik, an administrator for Ethiopia’s federally appointed interim Tigray government, said on Wednesday that Ethiopian National Defence forces had intervened to repel the attack in the town of Adwa.
“It was the Eritrean soldiers who killed innocent people,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the National Defence who intervened and saved them (residents), they would have continued killing more people,” he said, referring to Ethiopia’s national army.
The attack shows continued Eritrean military presence in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, despite promises last month that forces would withdraw.
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By Reuters Staff
NAIROBI, April 14 (Reuters) - Eritrean soldiers opened fire in an Ethiopian town on Monday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding more than a dozen others, a local government official told Reuters.
Berhane Gebretsadik, an administrator for Ethiopia’s federally appointed interim Tigray government, said on Wednesday that Ethiopian National Defence forces had intervened to repel the attack in the town of Adwa.
“It was the Eritrean soldiers who killed innocent people,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the National Defence who intervened and saved them (residents), they would have continued killing more people,” he said, referring to Ethiopia’s national army.
The attack shows continued Eritrean military presence in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, despite promises last month that forces would withdraw.
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