News: Armed forces from Tigray launch attack inside Amhara region; local officials admit the attack, say causalities include civilians By Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba, April 28, 2021 – Local authorities in Amhara Regional State, Wag Hemra zone, said an early morning military attack on April 25 in Abergele Woreda of the zone casued civilian casualties and property damage in the town of Niraq. The Zonal communication office blamed the attack on “remnants of the junta.” The report from the Wag Hemra zone, local authorities came a day after military forces from Tigray said that armed forces launched a military offensive inside Amhara regional state. Quoting the spokesperson Gebre G/Tsadikan, the report said the attack was aimed at members of the Amhara Special Forces. The report also claimed the “lightning attack” by the armed forces “obliterated the region’s Special Forces who committed high level of atrocities against the people of Tigray and who were stationed in Niraq town ”