00:00Tigrans are reacting with shock and fear after a drum strut hit a residential area in the
00:06regional capital Mekele injuring at least 13 people including five children. The attack
00:13happened early Thursday damaging homes and sending residents to hospital.
00:21I came suddenly and the roof fell on us while we were right here. Look at this house. It is
00:28completely destroyed. I don't know where it came from or why. I am a farmer. Why is this being done
00:37to a farmer's home? We are in deep distress. Among the injured five children and seven women.
00:46Three patients are in serious condition and undergoing further medical examinations.
00:54Today 13 people injured in a drone strike were brought to our hospital. Three of them sustained
01:02serious injuries and are currently undergoing further examinations. The patients range in age from two
01:12to 60 years old. Five of the injured are children and seven are women.
01:22Tigrian authorities have blamed the Ethiopian federal government while Addis Ababa has not
01:27immediately commented. Our neighborhood is a residential area for teachers. The incident occurred
01:37while we were at home. I was with my children, my wife and my mother-in-law. The attack happened
01:48just five
01:49meters from our front door. Shrapnel struck the entire neighborhood. My four children, my wife,
02:00my mother-in-law and I were all injured and we are now here.
02:09The latest attack comes amid renewed tension and build up of forces in and around Tigray,
02:14deepening fears that the region could once again be heading towards conflict.
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