The capital of Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region was covered in smoke on Wednesday as the city was hit by another day of airstrikes, eyewitnesses and authorities told CNN.
The airstrikes on Mekelle were targeting weapons sites used by the Tigray People's Liberation Front , said Billene Seyoum, an Ethiopian government spokesperson.Ethiopia's federal government launched a military offensive to oust the TPLF last November and fighting has been ongoing since.Seyoum added that one of these sites, Mesfin Industrial Engineering, has been"appropriated by the TPLF as a heavy weapons storage, manufacturing and repair site.
"The whole city is covered with smoke," one eyewitness said, adding that they heard there were several casualties. CNN has not confirmed independently there are casualties. This comes just days after three children were killed and one person injured in another airstrike on the capital Monday. An image posted on the Facebook account of the TPLF-run Tigrai TV shows debris after an airstrike in Mekelle on Monday.
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