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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lucy Kassa

Ethiopian troops accused of mass killings of civilians in Amhara region

A group of Ethiopian federal soldiers with weapons pointing into the air.
Ethiopian federal soldiers have been accused of looting and indiscriminately killing civilians in Amhara as they pursue their former allies, the Fano militia. Photograph: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty

Ethiopian soldiers killed more than 70 civilians and looted properties in a town in Amhara, multiple witnesses have claimed.

The killings took place in Majete, a rural town in north-eastern Ethiopia, after two weeks of heavy fighting between federal soldiers and the Fano, an Amhara militia.

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