Ethiopia: Officials accuse Tigray forces of killing 120 civilians

Local officials in Amhara region say victims were ‘innocent farmers’, express fear death toll might be higher.

Local officials in Ethiopia have accused Tigrayan forces of killing some 120 civilians in a village in the country’s Amhara region. The killings in Chenna village, near the town of Dabat, took place in early September, according to Sewnet Wubalem, the local administrator in Dabat, and Chalachew Dagnew, spokesperson of the nearby city of Gondar told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday. “So far we have recovered 120 bodies. They were all innocent farmers. But we think the number might be higher. There are people who are missing,” Sewnet said.