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Agbe airstrike

Coordinates: 13°33′N 39°3′E / 13.550°N 39.050°E / 13.550; 39.050
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13°33′N 39°3′E / 13.550°N 39.050°E / 13.550; 39.050

2021 Agbe airstrike
Part of the Tigray War and the 2021 Tigray offensive
TypeAirstrike
Location
Agbe, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

13°33′N 39°3′E / 13.550°N 39.050°E / 13.550; 39.050
Date20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)
Executed byEthiopia Ethiopian Air Force
Agbe is located in Ethiopia
Agbe
Agbe
Location of Agbe within Ethiopia

On 20 October 2021, the Ethiopian Air Force conducted an airstrike on the small town of Agbe (Tanqua Millash district) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War. [1]

Attack

The airstrike struck a heavy artillery depot that would have developed in Agbe after the Ethiopian army left the area in June 2020, according to the Ethiopian government.[1] Jointly with the 2021 Mekelle air strikes these bombardments took place in the very time that the ENDF (Ethiopian army) were under pressure of the Tigray Defence Forces in the Dessie area.

Reactions

They [the Ethiopian army]] are desperate on the war front. My interpretation is they are bombing us because they are losing on the ground and it’s their reprisal. The fact that they are bombing shows they don’t care about Tigrayan civilians.
— Debretsion Gebremichael, Tigray Regional president, Reuters, 20 October 2021[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Reuters (20 October 2021). "Ethiopia conducts two air strikes on Tigray within hours, war escalates". Reuters. Retrieved 20 October 2021. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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