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UN: Eritrean troops shelled school in north Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

Post by sarcasm » 01 Jun 2022, 11:21

UN: Eritrean troops shelled school in north Ethiopia

Fourteen-year-old girl killed, at least 18 people injured in rare bombardment after two months of relative peace.


Eritrean forces shelled a town in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, according to internal United Nations documents and regional forces.

It was a rare bombardment after two months of relative peace in a conflict which began in November 2020.

Bulletins from the UN seen by Reuters cited information from humanitarian organisations in Shiraro saying at least 23 rounds were fired, some hitting a school housing displaced families.

A 14-year-old girl was killed, at least 18 people were injured and 12 houses were damaged, one of the documents said.


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