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Rights Group Blames Ethiopia for Unlawful Shelling of Tigray

Human Rights Watch has said that Ethiopian forces carried out indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region in November 2020 in violation of the laws of war. It said that artillery attacks at the start of the armed conflict struck homes, hospitals, schools, and markets in the city of Mekelle, and the towns of Humera and Shire, killing at least 83 civilians, including children, and wounding over 300.

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Location of attacks, striking on or near civilian structures in Tigray

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