(Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion/Wikipedia)
UPDATE: Interviews conducted with witnesses and survivors by The Associated Press this week add more credence to reports of large-scale violence in Axum and around the Our Lady Mary of Zion Church, though dates and details noted in the initial reports of a massacre in Axum are in conflict. Survivors also told AP that Eritrean soldiers were responsible for the killings at the church and throughout the city. According to witnesses, hundreds were killed after seeking refuge at the church and many more may have been killed in the villages surrounding the city.