When Mékélé, the capital of Tigray, was bombed on Monday, October 18, for the first time in nearly a year, there was general amazement.
Ethiopian government spokesman Legesse Tulu even told Reuters:
"Why would the Ethiopian government attack one of its cities?"
Mékélé, a city of 350,000 inhabitants taken over in June by the FLPT (Front for the Liberation of the People of Tigray), after being occupied for eight months by government forces, is 400 km from the main front line.
Since then, air strikes have been almost daily, and the central power has reviewed its communication.
These are
“surgical operations”
targeting weapons training or production and repair sites.
At least three children were reportedly killed, and a dozen people injured.
See also
Westerners facing the enigma Abiy Ahmed
The FLPT, which ruled Ethiopia from 1991 to 2018, is now considered by Abiy Ahmed's government as a
"terrorist group"
to be rooted out of the country.
The Prime Minister
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