Rockets ‘fired from Ethiopia’s Tigray region’ hit Eritrea capital

Rockets fired from Ethiopia have hit the capital of neighbouring Eritrea, diplomats and witnesses said, as the deadly fighting between Ethiopian government troops and rebel forces in the northern Tigray region appeared to spill across international borders.

At least three rockets were fired at Asmara on Saturday evening, five diplomats told the Reuters news agency.

Rockets fired from Ethiopia have hit the capital of neighbouring Eritrea, diplomats and witnesses said, as the deadly fighting between Ethiopian government troops and rebel forces in the northern Tigray region appeared to spill across international borders.

At least three rockets were fired at Asmara on Saturday evening, five diplomats told the Reuters news agency.

Rockets fired from Ethiopia have hit the capital of neighbouring Eritrea, diplomats and witnesses said, as the deadly fighting between Ethiopian government troops and rebel forces in the northern Tigray region appeared to spill across international borders.

At least three rockets were fired at Asmara on Saturday evening, five diplomats told the Reuters news agency.

Rockets fired from Ethiopia have hit the capital of neighbouring Eritrea, diplomats and witnesses said, as the deadly fighting between Ethiopian government troops and rebel forces in the northern Tigray region appeared to spill across international borders.

At least three rockets were fired at Asmara on Saturday evening, five diplomats told the Reuters news agency.

Rockets fired from Ethiopia have hit the capital of neighbouring Eritrea, diplomats and witnesses said, as the deadly fighting between Ethiopian government troops and rebel forces in the northern Tigray region appeared to spill across international borders.

At least three rockets were fired at Asmara on Saturday evening, five diplomats told the Reuters news agency.

As the fighting intensifies, fears of ethnic attacks are rising.

Ethiopia’s Human Rights Commission, appointed by the government but independent, said it was sending a team of investigators to the Tigray town of Mai Kadra to investigate reports of mass killings.

Amnesty International said on Thursday that scores and possibly hundreds of civilians were stabbed and hacked to death in the region on November 9, citing images and witnesses. It said it had not been able to independently confirm who was responsible but said the witnesses had blamed fighters loyal to Tigray’s leaders.

The Tigray state government denied any involvement by TPLF members or the state’s special police force in “this most tragic event”.

The rights commission said in a statement it would investigate all allegations of human rights violations in the conflict.

“In this part of the world, any war is immediately a humanitarian crisis because of the socioeconomic situation, the presence of multiple borders and various ethnic groups” said William Lawrence, professor of political science at the George Washington University in the United States.