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Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopia city claimed to be home to Ark of Covenant


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An elderly woman who fled to the city of Axum in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to seek safety sits with her head bandaged after being wounded during an attack on the city, November 30, 2020. (AP Photo)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they knew. But they were forbidden from burying their dead by the invading Eritrean soldiers.
Those memories haunt a deacon at the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church in Axum, where local faithful believe the ancient Ark of the Covenant is housed. As Ethiopia’s Tigray region slowly resumes telephone service after three months of conflict, the deacon and other witnesses gave The Associated Press a detailed account of what might be Tigray’s deadliest massacre. ....

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Reports Emerging Of 'Horrible' Massacre In Ethiopian Holy City


Reports Emerging Of Horrible Massacre In Ethiopian Holy City
Witnesses are sharing stories about a potential massacre at Axum s Church of St. Mary of Zion that left hundreds dead in November.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they knew. But they were forbidden from burying their dead by the invading Eritrean soldiers.
Those memories haunt a deacon at the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church in Axum, where local faithful believe the ancient Ark of the Covenant is housed. As Ethiopia’s Tigray region slowly resumes telephone service after three months of conflict, the deacon and other witnesses gave The Associated Press a detailed account of what might be its deadliest massacre. ....

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Residents In Ethiopia's Holy City Of Axum Say Massacres Have Taken Place Amid Ongoing Tigray Conflict - Blavity


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Priest on his way to the St. Mary Church of Zion in Aksum on January 25, 2011 in Aksum, Ethiopia. / Photo Credit: Matjaz Krivic
Residents In Ethiopia s Holy City Of Axum Say Massacres Have Taken Place Amid Ongoing Tigray Conflict
One of the witnesses, a deacon from the historical Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, said about 800 people were killed in one weekend.
February 19, 2021 at 5:23 pm
Amid the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia s Tigray Region, witnesses are now sharing harrowing stories about mass killings in the holy city of Axum, which is believed to be the home of the church that holds the ancient Ark of the Covenant, HuffPost reported. ....

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