Ethiopia ‘launches airstrike in Tigray’

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia conducted an airstrike yesterday in the western part of the Tigray region that hit a training site of the rebellious Tigrayan forces and an arms depot, government spokesperson Legesse Tulu said.

It was not possible to verify the claim as communications are down throughout most of war-hit Tigray. “… there was a successful airstrike in Mai Tsebri targeting a training site of illegal recruits of the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) and a depot of heavy artillery,” Tulu said. TPLF spokesperson Getachew Reda said he had no information about any strike yesterday. Ethiopian forces and forces loyal to the TPLF have been fighting for almost a year in a conflict that has killed thousands of people.