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near Lake Tana; while Gonder’s Atse Tewodros Airport is located
about 18 km south of the city.
Addis Ababa, November 14, 2020 – The federal government said that a rocket was fired “in the last hours of November 13, 2020 towards the cities of Bahir Dar and Gondar. As a result, the airport areas have suffered damage ”.
A statement released on “Ethiopia State of Emergency Fact Checking”, A Facebook page recently opened by the federal government, blamed “the TPLF board” for the attack and said that it “is repairing and using the latest weapons within its arsenals. This is indicative of last resort TPLF attempts to maintain control, ”the government said.
Last night several residents of the two cities posted updates on social media that there were explosions and exchanges of gunfire in the cities. Bahir Dar Airport, known as Ginbot 20 Airport, is located about 8 km west of the city, near Lake Tana; while Gonder’s Atse Tewodros airport is located about 18 km south of the city.
The Communication Affairs office of the Amhara regional government issued a statement that although “there were explosions in Bahir Dar, a special place called Mecod and in Gonder town, a special place called Azezo, the security forces have controlled them. in a few minutes”. He also said there were no power outages in both cities and both cities were peaceful, adding that the incident would be fully investigated.
The Amhara regional state broadcaster AMMA quoted the regional government as saying that “because the enemy has all his might to inflict acts of terror [and] aware of the war we are in, communities must calmly protect themselves and their neighborhoods with surveillance. Without giving details, he also warned people in the regional state that “similar acts may happen again.”
Without giving details about the rocket attacks, a statement posted on the TPLF official Facebook page said that it has brought the “Northern Command” of the national defense forces under its control and will use “the force of its weapons to end the attacks. enemies”. ”From the people of Tigray.
The federal government said “details of the incident are currently under investigation and further details will be provided accordingly.” AS
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