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  "It took 3 days to bury all of the bodies", said survivors to EHRC Addis Ababa, November 24, 2020 – "Samri", an informal Tigrayan youth group - set up and manned checkpoints at all of the town’s four main exits, comprised of several groups consisting of 20 to 30 youth, each accompanied by   an estimated 3 to 4 armed police and militia, carried out the massacre in Mai Kadra while   police and militia - strategically posted at street junctions - aided and directly participated in the carnage by   shooting at those who attempted to escape. The number of killed are estimated to be 600 or above. The massacre was ethnic based targeting those who are non-Tigrayan specifically those who were Amhara. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC/The Commission) sent a team of human rights investigators to Maikadra, in Tigray Region’s Western Zone, for a rapid investigation   into purported mass killings of civilians and related human rights violations. The events of

  Commander Girma Tessema, Director of Illegal Trafficking Crimes Investigation Unit (Picture: Addis Ababa Police Commision) Addis Ababa, November 23, 2020 – Addis Ababa Police Commission announced today that it has apprehended more than 700 individuals affiliated with the rebel group TPLF for plotting a terrorist attack and cause unrest in the capital Addis Ababa. The statement said TPLF used its 27 year old network to plot terrorist attack in Addis Ababa. However, due to the “strong preparation made since November 04, 2020, their plots were curbed” said Commander Girma Tessema, Director of Illegal Trafficking Crimes Investigation Unit. He said that with a court search warrant the culprits’ premise were searched and they were caught with several weapons and documents holding plans to incite religious and ethnic violence in the city. He also said the documents are evidences showing TPLF's involvement in the atrocities being committed different parts of the country. He also

  Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas (Picture: German Embassy Addis Ababa) Addis Ababa, November 23, 2020 – Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas today issued a statement on the armed conflict and humanitarian situation in the Tigray region, Ethiopia. “Ethiopia and its neighboring countries have already had to face huge challenges this year in the form of floods, the locust invasion and COVID‑19. And now there is the armed conflict in the Tigray region, which is dividing the country, harming the people and having an impact on neighboring states. This is extremely dangerous”, said the Foreign Minister. He said the support is to respond directly to the emergency and to provide life-saving assistance. Germany will provide humanitarian assistance for Ethiopia by a further five million euro. This support is expected to go directly to aid workers on the ground so that they can help people who have lost their homes or are fleeing from the fighting. The Foreign Minister also st