Ethiopia has said it had
launched another air strike on Mekelle, the capital of war-battered Tigray, the
fourth such bombardment this week in a campaign it says is targeting fighter’s
facilities.
The
latest attack was aimed at a facility “currently serving TPLF for military
training”, government spokesman Legesse Tulu told the AFP news agency on
Thursday, referring to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Yet, it was unclear if
the attack was successful, with TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda telling AFP the force’s
air defense units managed “to foil its mission”.
“I can see it’s trying a
third time and we will see what will happen,” he said.
Ambassador Dina Mufti,
Spokesperson of Ministry of foreign affairs said on Thursday “Ethiopia is
working to solve internal problems with an Ethiopian-led process under the
auspices of the au.”
War broke out in November
2020 between federal troops and the TPLF, which governed Ethiopia for three
decades but now controls just the northern region.
Thousands of people have
been killed and more than two million people have been forced to flee.
On Monday, Ethiopia’s air
force launched two air raids in Tigray’s capital Mekelle that the UN said
killed three children and wounded several other civilians.
On Wednesday, Ethiopia
said it bombed TPLF weapons caches in Mekelle and in the town of Agbe, which
lies about 80km (50 miles) to the west. The TPLF denied they were military
targets.
A hospital official told
AFP that Wednesday’s attack in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray injured at least
eight people, including a pregnant woman.
There was no immediate comment
on casualties from Thursday’s attack.
The international
community has voiced alarm about the latest attacks, which the TPLF claims show
a disregard for civilian lives.
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