Ethiopia: Deadly Tigray airstrike further alienates western allies

Eyewitnesses are adding more details to what started as a rumor about one or more explosions with dozens of civilian casualties in the village of Togoga in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region. “When the military jets bombed our area, many of us fell to the ground,” Negasi Berha, a Tigray resident who was being treated at Ayder Hospital, told DW. “We were selling and buying different goods and commodities at the local market. I have seen three dead bodies and many domestic animals.” Birhan Gebrehiwot, who lives close to the market and was receiving treatment after sustaining injuries, narrated how she managed to survive the bombings. “First the market was bombed, then immediately after that we were bombed in our house, we came here after leaving behind so many wounded and killed citizens,” she told DW. “At least 40 deaths were witnessed. Some say we have seen 80 dead,” Dr. Daniel Weldu, head of Mekelle Ayder hospital Emergency unit, said. “I saw a mother whose child has died. The victims were many because it was a marketplace, and the blast was heavy,” Daniel told DW. According to health workers, who spoke to international media outlets mostly on the condition of anonymity, an airstrike hit the village… Read full this story

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