Sudan summons Ethiopia envoy over bodies found in river
A boat sails along the Setit river bordering Ethiopia, at Wad al-Hiliou, a village in the eastern Sudanese state of Kassala, on August 11, 2021. Tigrayan refugees who recover bodies washing up on the banks of the river fear they are evidence of mass executions by government-allied troops in Tigray. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP
Last month, ethnic Tigrayans long resident in Wad a-Hiliou who helped recover the bodies told AFP that the corpses were mostly bloated, deformed, and bore gunshot wounds or deep slashes.
The discovery of the bodies came as allegations have swirled of atrocities, ethnic cleansing and mass killings, including a massacre in the town of Humera, in western Tigray.
Tigray has been the scene of a deadly conflict since November between Ethiopia's federal forces and the region's ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
