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Heavy Artillery Shelling Causes Civilian Casualties as Northern Ethiopia Conflict Enters Seventh Day
Borkena · 6 hours ago · Read the Full Story on Borkena
AI SUMMARY
As the conflict in northern Ethiopia enters its seventh day, heavy artillery shelling in residential areas has resulted in severe civilian casualties and ongoing combat across multiple fronts.
- The full-scale conflict in northern Ethiopia entered its seventh day with heavy artillery shelling reported in densely populated residential areas.
- A direct strike on a residential house in Seleln Wuha resulted in the deaths of six family members.
- An artillery shell hit a dwelling in Sekota, killing a mother and critically injuring her two young children.
- Recurring bombardment in Alamata caused numerous civilian fatalities throughout the week.
- Municipal and regional authorities have not issued official statements confirming or denying the casualty figures.
- Ethiopian National Defense Force units secured operational control over Alamata town and Sekota town along the Kobbo–Alamata front.
- Joint forces of the TPLF and the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front captured the towns of Abala and Erebti on the Afar front.
- Active combat operations and heavy tactical artillery deployments persist across the Wag Hemra sector.
- Neither the federal government nor the Defense Force command has released comprehensive official updates detailing the overall strategic situation.
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