UN condemns air strike in Ethiopia that ‘hit kindergarten’

ADDIS ABABA, 28 August 2022, (TON): The UN children’s agency UNICEF condemned an air strike that “hit a kindergarten” in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, killing at least four people including two children.

Friday’s strike in the Tigray capital Mekele came days after fighting erupted on the region’s southern border between government forces and rebels, ending a five-month truce.

UNICEF’s executive director Catherine Russell said “UNICEF strongly condemns the air strike ... (that) hit a kindergarten, killing several children, and injuring others.”

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that controls the northern region said the air raid demolished a kindergarten and hit a civilian residential area, claims the government denied.

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