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Ethiopia air strike on Tigray kills 10
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ADDIS ABABA, 29 October 2021, (TON): Ethiopia’s military carried out an air strike on the capital of the war-torn Tigray region that a hospital official said killed 10 people.
The government said the strike, the latest in a campaign of air bombardments, hit a factory in Mekele used by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
Government spokeswoman Selamawit Kassa said “the air force destroyed the second part of Mesfin Industrial Engineering. The facility was used by TPLF terrorist group for maintaining its military equipments.”
Dr Hayelom Kebede, research director at Mekele’s Ayder Referral Hospital, said a residential area was hit and casualties were inflicted.
“The death toll reaches 10,” he said, up from his earlier count that put the number of dead at six and listed 21 people as injured.
The Tigrai Communications Affairs Bureau, a TPLF-linked information channel, also reported casualties and said the strike had hit a residential area.
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