New Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray Capital; Kids Among Dead

New Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray Capital; Kids Among Dead
Residents sift through rubble from a destroyed building at the scene of an airstrike in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Oct. 28, 2021. AP Photo
The Associated Press
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NAIROBI, Kenya—A new airstrike hit the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday following several days of such strikes last week, and a Tigray spokesman asserted that six people including children were killed, as the year-long war intensifies.

Government spokesman Legesse Tulu told The Associated Press the airstrike targeted a site in Mekele city used by rival Tigray forces to make and repair weapons. He said the site forms part of a compound belonging to Mefsin Industrial Engineering, which was also hit last week.