Authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have accused the federal government of launching a drone strike near the state capital Mekelle.<\/p>\n
In a statement on social media, Tigrayan authorities said the drone hit a farmer training center in Dandera village, some 15 kilometres outside the city.<\/p>\n
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which governs the state, said there were no injuries and did not provide further details.<\/p>\n
A local priest, who requested anonymity, said at least one person was killed.<\/p>\n
“I saw one fighter killed in the strike being carried away in a vehicle,” he told AFP, adding that he believed two other people had been wounded. He said the projectile had landed on farmland close to a school, near a watering hole used for local farmers’ livestock.<\/p>\n
Tensions between Tigray and Addis Ababa have been\u00a0mounting in recent weeks, with both parties massing forces on either side of the regional border.<\/p>\n
They’ve also trading accusations of\u00a0trying to start a new conflict, less than four years after a peace deal ended a devastating civil war that claimed at least 600,000 lives.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia’s federal army has not commented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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