Drone Strikes Kill Civilians, Including IDPs, in Tigray's Shiraro and Adwa
Drone strikes reportedly killed and injured civilians in separate attacks in Shiraro, North Western Zone, and Adwa, Central Zone of the Tigray region, on Saturday night. According to an eyewitness at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Shiraro, a strike hit the camp at around 2:15 a.m. on Saturday. The attack took place in an area of the camp known as Adi Abay, where people displaced from Western Tigray were seeking shelter. The eyewitness reported that nine people were killed and 14 others were injured in the Shiraro attack, with victims including a mother and her days-old baby. Meanwhile, residents in Adwa reported that drone strikes hit several locations across the city, resulting in multiple civilian fatalities. However, the exact number of casualties in Adwa could not be independently verified at the time of the report.
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