Tigray: Hundreds of civilians reported killed in artillery strikes, warns UN rights chief

Reports of artillery strikes on civilians and mass killings of non-combatants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, must be investigated and full access granted to independent investigators, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.

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