‘At least’ 78 priests ‘massacred’ in one zone of Tigray, leaked letter claims (The Telegraph)
Posted: 10 May 2021, 20:01
The document, obtained exclusively by the Telegraph, claims a number of mass killings have taken place over the last five months
At least 78 priests were ‘massacred’ in one zone of Tigray, according to an official church letter leaked to the Telegraph.
The letter, which was addressed to the Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, says that “priests, deacons, choristers, and monks” have been “massacred” over the last five months.
Half a dozen survivors confirmed the news to this newspaper and said that both Ethiopian national army soldiers and Eritrean troops went into their holy spaces across southeast Tigray and “shot them down”.
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