saying. The health workers said the casualties were caused in the strike on the outskirts of Mekelle

Mekelle, capital of the country’s Tigray region on Monday, targeting communications infrastructure, the

not to be named.... “ Why would the Ethiopian government attack its own city?... Mekelle is an

FIREWORKS AND CELEBRATIONSWitnesses in the city told Reuters that after rebel forces surrounded the Martyrs' Memorial Monument, some civilians entered the streets to celebrate. Fireworks briefly lit up the sky, they said. Some of those gathered chanted" Abiy is a thief!... The attack was one of the deadliest reported incidents in months in a region where the government had said most major fighting ended last year.( Dawit Endeshaw reported from Addis Ababa.... Additional reporting by Ayenat Mer

Mekele, Ethiopia, on Oct.... 20. The Associated PressNew air strikes hit the capital of Ethiopia’s

Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.... We are not, and should never

.... In late June, it recaptured Mekelle and has since retaken most of Tigray. Ethiopian troops withdrew

People’s Liberation Front( TPLF).... The buses returned to Mekelle, according to the university. Reuters

( TPLF) reported. Tigrai TV said the attack on the city of Mekelle was carried out by" Abiy Ahmed

attempting to reach Togoga, about 25 kilometers( 15 miles) west of Mekele, was turned back by soldiers near