A group in Ethiopia that is against the government says that government forces have killed many innocent people in a troubled region called Amhara. The region has been seeing ongoing fighting between local militias and the army.
The Enat party said that government troops killed 29 regular people, like kids and old people, near their houses in a little town called Majete.
The party said that drone attacks in two different places in the region caused the deaths of at least 20 innocent people.
The BBC cannot verify the claims on its own, and the government has not replied to the accusations.
There was a lot of fighting in Amhara after many people got angry over a decision to get rid of a regional military group. Some people thought this would make the region easier to attack.
In the beginning of August, groups of local fighters went into many big cities in the area and took over an airport for a short time.
Fighting in the city caused many people to die, and a lot of prisoners were able to escape.
Cities seem to have returned to a somewhat normal state after the government troops forced the militias to leave.
Last week, the leader of the army, Field Martial Berhanu Jula, said that the armed groups in the area were not dangerous anymore. However, there are still ongoing fights happening this week in a few small towns and villages.
The ongoing internet shutdown has made it hard to find out how severe the fighting is.
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Ethiopian government soldiers said to have being killing civilians
