Ethiopia Civil War : TPLF militants killed dozens of innocent civilians in Kobo town.

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Residents said that TPLF militants killed dozens of innocent civilians in Kobo town. The bodies of the youths who were killed at Kobo and Robit were not yet collected

The government had announced that the defense force had withdrawn from Kobo city in order to avoid public unrest Residents of Raya Kobo district told Al Eye Amarna that the TPLF militants who controlled Kobo city killed innocent people. Following the government's announcement that the defense forces had left Kobo city to avoid mass violence, the residents told that HH militants killed farmers and youths in Raya Kobo district.


 

 Individuals who spoke to us on the phone with their voices down for their safety; They said that young people were killed in the city. The commenter who said that being present with a phone in Kobo City would kill her; The bodies of the murdered youths have not yet been recovered. Another commenter said that there are bodies of young people who were killed on various roads in Kobo city. In the present situation, it was stated that it was not possible to remove the body and they said that there is still fighting. The youth and the farmers said, “You are Fano; You belong to prosperity. They stated that killings are taking place under the name "You are a militia". A commenter who came to Woldia from the place said that two youths were killed in Robit city alone.

The commentators also said that a battle is currently going on between Robit and Gobye. The residents who stated that house to house search is still being done in Kobo city; They said that they are sitting at home. The residents of Gobye and Woldia also said that they are worried that "we will settle for another exodus" because of the war.

 The city has been under the control of the rebels since Saturday, when the government announced that it was forced to evacuate Kobo city and take military positions that it could come back and defend. After a month after the Ethiopian government announced a ceasefire, fighting is now taking place again in the North Wolo Zone of the Amhara Region.

Kobo City Administration; North Wolo Zone; Although he submitted a request to the communication offices of the Amhara region and the federal government to provide an explanation on this matter, the officials could not pick up the phone, so it was not possible to include their ideas. The federal government and the TPLF announced the start of the war that had been stalled for months in a statement released last Wednesday, August 18, 2014. In a statement issued by the TPLF, the defense army and the Amhara region's special forces have opened fire on the southern front of Tigray.

 

 

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