Amnesty International on Thursday confirmed reports of a “massacre” of civilians in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region. “Scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra town in the South West Zone of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region on the night of November 9,” the rights group said in a report. Citing witnesses interviewed and “verified” photo, video and satellite imagery, the human rights group said bodies had been “strewn” across the town. Fighting between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) party and the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been ongoing for a week now. Declining to identify who was responsible, Amnesty did however cite witnesses who alleged that Tigray special police members had used weapons such as knives and machetes, after a local defeat by Ethiopian EDF federal forces.
Reports: ‘Massacre’ of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
