Ethiopian Drone Strike Kills 17 on Day of Biden-Abiy Call

Ethiopian Drone Strike Kills 17 on Day of Biden-Abiy Call
(L): President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room of the White House in Wash., on Jan.7, 2022. (R): Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledges the crowd in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct. 4, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP, Jemal Countess/Getty Images
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NAIROBI, Kenya—An Ethiopian drone strike has killed 17 civilians in the country’s Tigray region on the day that President Joe Biden during a call with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed concern about such attacks in the ongoing war, local authorities say.

A report by the zonal administration said women at a flour-grinding mill made up most of those killed in the Monday drone strike near Mai Tsebri, a source who saw the report told The Associated Press. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it to reporters.