Ethiopia Rights Group Says Tigray Youths Massacre 600 People
- Local security personnel accompanied youths in Nov. 9 attack
- Government says its troops are closing in on region’s capital
An abandoned tank on a road near Humera, Ethiopia, on Nov. 22.
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An informal militia comprising Tigrayan youths killed at least 600 Ethiopian civilians identified as belonging to other ethnic groups on Nov. 9, according to an independent human rights body.
The massacre occurred less than a week after the start of a conflict between federal forces and soldiers of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the northern Ethiopian region.