Amnesty International said that an Ethiopian Massacre in the Tigray region killed several civilians. The unrest in Ethiopia included the TPLF forces being blamed for defending the central ruling group. Amnesty first recorded the death incidence of massive civilians as an Ethiopian massacre. More so, it was the first major civil death recorded in a weekly confrontation between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s army, recipient of last year’s Nobel peace prize. This is more or less nullifying the peace award that was given to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, earlier this year.
The dead “had gaping wounds that appeared to have been inflicted by sharp weapons such as knives and machetes,” Amnesty said, citing witness accounts. Amnesty said it “could not confirm who was responsible for the killings.”
Furthermore, several witnesses said the TPLF-aligned forces attacked after a defeat at the Ethiopian military’s hands. However, Amnesty called on TPLF commanders and officials, who clarified that it prohibits deliberate attacks on civilians to makeup war crimes.
In Tigray on November 4, Abiy authorized combat actions claimed to have been inspired by the TPLF assault against federal military camps. Since then, the area has been in a state of chaos, making testing of conflicting arguments on the ground impossible. Thousands of Ethiopians have migrated to neighboring Sudan over the border. The United Nations is raising the alarm about the Tigray humanitarian catastrophe.
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