Eritrea soldiers killed ‘many hundreds’ in Axum massacre, Amnesty says

The massacre took place in the city of Axum (AP)

Soldiers from Eritrea systematically killed “many hundreds” of people in a massacre in the Ethiopian holy city of Axum, Amnesty International has said.

The head of the government-established Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, Daniel Bekele, said the Amnesty findings “should be taken very seriously”.