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Ethiopia hits Tigray in fourth day of air raids

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Published: 22:16, 22 October 2021   Update: 22:22, 22 October 2021
Ethiopia hits Tigray in fourth day of air raids

Ethiopia has conducted an air raid on the capital of the northern Tigray region for the fourth day this week, as fighting has intensified between central government and regional forces, reports al jazeera.

Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu said Friday’s air raid targeted a base formerly belonging to the Ethiopian military and now being used by rebel Tigrayan forces as a training site in the regional capital Mekelle.

Getachew Reda, spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), told the Reuters news agency the attack had hit the compound of Mekelle University. He said he had no information on casualties.

Three humanitarian sources in Ethiopia, citing information from Mekelle residents, also told Reuters that the attack had hit Mekelle University.

Two humanitarian sources also told The Associated Press news agency that the military air raids forced a United Nations humanitarian flight to abandon its landing in Mekelle. Legesse confirmed that authorities were aware of the inbound flight.

The development appeared to be a sharp escalation in the intimidation tactics that Ethiopian authorities have used against aid workers amid the intensifying, year-long Tigray war.

The aid workers spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to share the information with the media.

Dhaka/Nasim