Ethiopia drone strike in north kills three, Tigray sources say
A drone strike in northern Ethiopia killed three people, according to sources in the Tigray region, who said a school on holiday break was hit. Ethiopia's federal government has not commented on the reported strike as of publication.
A drone strike in northern Ethiopia killed three people, according to sources in the Tigray region, who say the attack struck a school building that was empty for a holiday break. The sources indicated that the casualties occurred among people present in the vicinity of the school at the time.
Ethiopia's federal government has not yet issued any comment on the reported strike, and no party has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack. Tensions in Tigray have periodically flared since a 2022 peace agreement formally ended the region's devastating civil conflict, with sporadic incidents continuing to test the fragile calm.
The episode underscores how fragile stability in the region remains. Humanitarian organizations have repeatedly warned that threats to civilian safety persist in Tigray, while international observers continue to press Ethiopia's federal government for a transparent accounting of the incident. The 2022 agreement, brokered after two years of fighting that killed hundreds of thousands, has yet to fully resolve disputes over contested territory and the withdrawal of allied forces.
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