At least 600 people were brutally killed in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigre during an attack by the county’s federal forces earlier this month against the Tigre People’s Liberation Front or TPLF.
According to the Washington Post, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said the bodies were in the town of Mai Kadra immediately after the Nov. 9 min.
Tigre refugees fleeing the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigre region, wait until Tuesday, November 24, 2020, to receive assistance at the Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Kadirif, East Sudan. (AP Photo / Nariman Al-Mofty)
The commission said some of the bodies were found with injuries and knife wounds, indicating an order of humanity and a serious offensive order for war crimes.
The report said the attack could be based on the gender of the victims.
Prime Minister Abi Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, tried to concentrate power in the country in Horn Africa in September, and Tigre was furious about his decision to hold elections after national elections were postponed because of Kovid. 19.
Conflict is seen by experts as a serious risk of instability in the region. TPLF There is a strong force in and there is a threat of civil war.
“Extremely aggressive rhetoric on both sides in the fight for Michael is dangerously provocative, and the dangers put already vulnerable and terrified civilians in grave danger,” said Michelle Bachelet, the head of the United Nations human rights body.
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He said allegations that Tigre leaders were hiding among civilians “then Ethiopian state Carte Blanche is unlikely to respond to the use of artillery in densely populated areas.”
The Associated Press contributes to this report
