Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea

November 15, 2020 02:23 pm | Updated 02:48 pm IST - Nairobi

Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to register at the UNCHR center at Hamdayet, Sudan on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.

Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to register at the UNCHR center at Hamdayet, Sudan on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.

The leader of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighbouring Eritrea’s capital, and he is threatening more, saying that we will take any legitimate military target and we will fire. The confirmation marks a huge escalation as the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region now spills across an international border.

Tigray regional President Debretsion Gebremichael, in an interview with The Associated Press , would not say how many missiles were fired at the city of Asmara on Saturday but said it was the only city in Eritrea that was targeted.

 

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