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Ethiopia denies attack in TSZ

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    A senior official in the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed allegations that Ethiopian defence forces attacked on Monday the Eritrean police station on the Assab-Bure road, inside the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). According to the official Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), the official said an Eritrean opposition group, the Red Sea Afars Democratic Organisation (RSADO) had claimed responsibility for carrying out the alleged attack, a report monitored by the BBC said on Tuesday.

    Meanwhile, RSADO said in a statement released on Tuesday that it had killed 10 Eritrean soldiers on the outskirts of Assab when the soldiers tried to abduct Afar nationals and loot their property. The statement, according to the pro-Ethiopian government Walta Information Centre, said the incident had taken place inside the UN-monitored TSZ. The statement said the Red Sea Afars were fleeing to the border town of Bure to escape atrocities and killings by the Eritrean army, who were “alleging that they [the Afars] were collaborating with Ethiopian defence forces”, Walta said.

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