Tigray rebels have denied responsibility for an attack on a health centre in the Ethiopian region of Afar that killed at least 12 people.
The Afar regional administration blames Tigrayan forces for the incident, as fighting in Ethiopia’s nine-month conflict escalates in regions bordering Tigray.
A doctor in Ethiopia’s Afar region told reporters that the 12 people died from wounds sustained in a heavy artillery attack on the Galikoma health centre.
A spokesman for the Afar regional administration said many more civilians died at the scene but he couldn’t provide an official death toll.
He blamed Tigrayan forces but a Tigray People’s Liberation Front spokesman denied responsibility and said the group would cooperate with any investigation.
