“They were taking them barefoot and killing them in front of their mothers.”
A CNN Investigation has revealed details of a November massacre in Tigray, Ethiopia.
According to witnesses, Eritrean soldiers started the attack at Maryam Dengelat church, killing hundreds of congregants who were celebrating a holiday.
And the killing continued for three more days throughout the neighborhood, residents told CNN.
People were dragged from their homes. A pregnant woman was shot. Some were reportedly shot in the face,
left completely unrecognizable.
And many more horrific stories were told.
“Their hands were tied … young children … we saw them everywhere. There was an elderly man who had been killed on the road, an 80-something-year-old man. And the young kids they killed on the street in the open. I’ve never seen a massacre like this and I don’t want to [again].”
“They were ordering their mothers to tie their sons’ hands. They were taking them barefoot and killing them in front of their mothers.”
One newly-wed woman said her husband was shot and killed in her arms.
“I was holding Bini, he wasn’t dead … I thought he was going to survive, but he died [in my arms].”
The conflict in Northern Ethiopia has been ongoing since November when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military operation against the party that governs the Tigray region.
Abiy accused the TPLF of attacking a government military base and trying to steal weapons. Eritrea is accused of siding with Abiy and carrying out most of the attacks against Tigrayans.
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