Human rights experts fear perpetrators will not face justice for the hundreds of civilians murdered in the last fighting of the two-year war in Ethiopia
Like others in his village, Weldesamuel* fled into the mountains when he heard of the soldiers’ approach. He stayed there for four days, sleeping in caves and under bushes, as gunshots rang out and smoke rose from the valley below.
With nothing to eat and little to drink, some of his neighbours were drawn back down the slopes in search of food. “Not everyone returned,” said Weldesamuel.