In early February, the crash of shells and bullets in the remote Jawmaro mountains in northern Ethiopia seemed to have stopped. Civilians in Abi Addi, a town in the Temben region of Central Tigray, were relieved. At last, a small measure of peace.  But on February 10, all the terrors of Ethiopia’s civil war descended on the town and at least a dozen surrounding villages. In exclusive testimony shared with the Telegraph, 18 witnesses told how Ethiopian federal soldiers and Eritrean troops surrounded the area and went from house to house killing a total of 182...…In early February, the crash of shells and bullets in the remote Jawmaro mountains in northern Ethiopia seemed to have stopped. Civilians in Abi Addi, a town in the Temben region of Central Tigray, were relieved. At last, a small measure of peace.  But on February 10, all the terrors of Ethiopia’s civil war descended on the town and at least a dozen surrounding villages. In exclusive testimony shared with the Telegraph, 18 witnesses told how Ethiopian federal soldiers and Eritrean troops surrounded the area and went from house to house killing a total of 182...WW…

Copyright © 2021, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementThe shootings began after lunch.It was Friday, Jan. 8, the day after Genna, the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas. Around 2 p.m., Kidane Tesfay heard gunshots near his family’s home and thought of his two brothers, ages 17 and 20, walking outside.“When I looked through the door’s peephole, I saw them on the ground, their blood spilling out,” he said in an interview. He also saw soldiers wearing mud-flecked green camouflage gear striding up to the door.“I had to escape,” Tesfay said. “Luckily our house has another entrance. I ran out the...…Copyright © 2021, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementThe shootings began after lunch.It was Friday, Jan. 8, the day after Genna, the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas. Around 2 p.m., Kidane Tesfay heard gunshots near his family’s home and thought of his two brothers, ages 17 and 20, walking outside.“When I looked through the door’s peephole, I saw them on the ground, their blood spilling out,” he said in an interview. He also saw soldiers wearing mud-flecked green camouflage gear striding up to the door.“I had to escape,” Tesfay said. “Luckily our house has another entrance. I ran out the...WW…