Hundreds of civilians killed in attack in Ethiopia's Somali region, local government says


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  • Tuesday, 27 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: An internally displaced Ethiopian girl walks back to her village Sariir in Somali Region, Ethiopia January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The government of Ethiopia's Somali region on Tuesday accused militia from the neighbouring Afar region of killing hundreds of civilians in an attack.

The Somali regional government's spokesperson Ali Bedel told Reuters that an armed militia from the Afar region carried out a "massacre" on Saturday in an area known as both Gedamaytu and Gabraiisa. The area is one of several contested ones along the border between the Somali and Afar regions.

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