Ethiopian Police Drawn Into Nation’s Deepening Ethnic Strife
- Arrests follow fighting between federal, Tigrayan forces
- Prime Minister Abiy says military action proceeding as planned
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Civil strife in Ethiopia has taken a new twist, with police officers standing accused of targeting ethnic Tigrayans in Addis Ababa, the capital, as fighting intensifies in the northern region.
Two residents and a municipal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared repercussions, said they had direct knowledge of Tigrayans being rounded up and detained. There were similar reports on social media. The development has coincided with seven days of fighting between government troops and forces loyal to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, which rules the Tigray region.