A children's playground in Tigre, Ethiopia was hit by air, and 7 people have died

Jimu Journalist Hu Li

According to Reuters reported on August 27, on August 26, local time, a children's amusement area in the Togre area in northern Ethiopia was hit by air, causing at least 7 people to die.

Incident scene map (picture source: Tig Lei TV station)

Officials in Tigre region revealed that there were three children in the deceased. Video released from Tiglei TV shows that the roof of a building was blown up, and emergency rescue workers took the stretcher into the amusement area to lift the wounded. But the Ethiopian Federal Government spokesman denied any civilian casualties in the attack.

A Federal Government spokesman said that the news of civilian casualties in the attack was "lies and fabricated". He said that the attack was only targeted at military places and denied that the government attacked civilian facilities.

The Ethiopian government subsequently urged the residents of Tiglei to stay away from military facilities and claimed that he intends to "take action to fight the army."

It is reported that the Tigley conflict broke out in November 2020. In March of this year, the federal government will drive the "Tigre People's Liberation Front" (referred to as the "Titan") Unilateral ceasefire, and prepare for the National Dialogue Committee and the Peace Commission, hoping to resolve the conflict peacefully.

Recently, the Ethiopian Government Communications Services Department issued a statement saying that the "Tigre People's Liberation Front" (referred to as "Titan") violated the ceasefire agreement and ignored the current peaceful efforts. The direction was launched, and the National Defense Forces and the local state security forces were cooperating with the attack of the "people." This attack is also an attack with a large number of casualties after the ceasefire agreement is broken.

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