Ethiopia’s army claims that he killed 300 fighter fighters in renewed conflicts | News of the conflict
The armed group is contrary to the army of the army that it has “destroyed” a former ally in the Amhar region.
Ethiopian troops killed more than 300 fighters of armed groups, former allies against rebels in the Tigay region, in two days of renovated conflicts In the northern region of Amhar, according to the army.
On Friday, the army claimed that the fighters had taken attacks in the various zones of the Amhar region before the army “destroyed” them.
The statement states that 317 fighters were killed and 125 others were injured.
However, Abebe Fantahun, a spokeswoman for Amhare Fano in Wollo Bete-amhara, opposed Tally, saying the Reuters news agency late Friday, the army did not kill even 30 of her fighters.
Yohannes Nigus, a spokesman for the fanoa in Gondar, the AMHAR region, said that 630 were killed 602 of the Federal Army soldiers, while 98 soldiers were captured and fighters seized the weapons.
Former allies
Fanoa fighters fought along with the Ethiopian army and the Eritrean forces in a two -year war against the liberation front of Tigray People, which controls the Northern Tigay region.
Since then, Eritrea and Ethiopia have dropped out, and the previous one has been excluded from peace negotiations to end that war in November 2022.
Fighting between the army and fighter fanoa broke out in July 2023, after Amhar’s sense of betrayal regarding the terms of the peace agreement of 2022.
Last year, TPLF divided into two fractions led by DerethSion Gebremichael and Getachew Order, each claiming that the party control.
The army statement on Friday was accused by Brigadier General Migbey Haile, a senior military official with an ally with Deretsion Fraction, for supporting Fano Amhari attacks.
“Brigadier General Migbey Haile is a promoter against development and anti-development who has a history of putting Tigay people in war without any military knowledge,” the army said.
However, Abebe told Reuters that it was a “lie” and rejected that the general had to do with fighter fighters.
‘A violent army that acts unpunished’
The fears of the new war have emerged in recent weeks after Eritrea allegedly ordered military mobilization throughout the country, and Ethiopia arranged troops toward her border.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch accused the Ethiopian army of violating human rights and committing war crimes during his constant fight against fighter fanoa.
Last year, Human rights watch They found that several dozen civilians were executed in the city of Merava in the northwestern region of Amhar in Ethiopia.
“The brutal killings of civilian civilians in Amhari underestimate the Government claim that he is trying to bring the law and the law to the region,” said Deputy Director of Africa of Human Rights Watchu, Laetitia Bader.
“Ever since the struggles between the federal forces and the militia of Fano began, civilians again wore a strenuous army that had impunity,” she added.
