UAV

UAV event in Ethiopia on Mon 9th December 2024

9th December 2024

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On 9 December 2024, the Ethiopian Airforce launched drone strikes targeting the Gojam Fano positions in Fagita primary school/Fogota (Awi, Amhara). Fano claimed that some ENDF soldiers who were captured in a clash the day before (coded separately) and two women who were serving meals for these captured soldiers were killed by the strike. An unspecified number of fatalities coded as 3. According to the deputy public relations head of Amhara Fano in Gojam, the drone strike killed 34 former ENDF soldiers that Fano captured/arrested in different battles (uncorroborated fatalities). Total fatalities coded as 5 (3 + 2).

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