Photo by Abel Gashaw , Gashena, Amhara, 2021. ADDIS ABABA, DECEMBER 16, 2021 — The infamous Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) terrorists carried out yet another mass killing, this time massacring 60 civilians at Gashena, on December 01, 2021. Abel Gashaw, a travel photographer, who was embedded with Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) arrived at Gashena town when an active battle was going on. "I arrived in Gashena with the troops in midst of an active battle. We were received by residents who are stricken by grief and attending—crying and weeping—a burial at the nearby St. Micheal church. It was the most tragic, traumatizing and heartbreaking scene that I have ever witnessed in my life", said Abel Gashaw. "I have personally counted 40 civilians being buried that day. The trauma, the shock, the inhumanity and the savagery is beyond the pale", he added. The TPLF terrorists were indiscriminately killing civilians during their occupation of Gashena.
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