KHARTOUM, Sudan
Dozens of bodies have washed up on a river that marks the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, residents on the Sudanese side have reported.
Some of the bodies had
gunshot wounds and others had their hands bound.
The Setit River is known
in Ethiopia as the Tekeze and flows through the conflict-hit northern Tigray
region where Ethiopian forces and allied fighters have been battling with
Tigray rebels.
A health worker who
fled to Sudan to escape the fighting told the Reuters news agency that he had
buried 10 bodies over the past week. He said another 28 bodies had been
recovered, including seven on Monday.
The AP news agency
cited a Sudanese official saying that local authorities in Kassala province had
found about 50 bodies, apparently people fleeing the war.
The Ethiopian
government has not officially commented on the bodies. A government-run Twitter
account on Monday said a "propagandist" campaign about a "fake
massacre" in Humera - where Tekeze river runs through - "has been
revived again using false images and showing graphic images”.
The fighting in Tigray
began in November between the regional power, the Tigray People's Liberation
Front (TPLF), and the federal government.
The nine-month war has
caused a massive humanitarian crisis with a million people displaced and
hundreds of thousands facing famine conditions.
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