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Residents Of Chena Share Aid And Mark 40 Days Since Alleged Massacre

CHENA, ETHIOPIA - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Chena community who survivied the massacre at Chena Teklehaymanot Church wait to receive food aid being distributed by the Amhara Emergency Fund during the 40th Day commemoration of the massacre at Chena Teklehaymanot Church on October 10, 2021 in Chena, Ethiopia. The Amhara Emergency Fund or AEF is a conglomeration of Amhara groups in North America who provided 15,000 kilo's of wheat flour to 521 members of the community at Chena. Officials in this part of the Amhara region, which borders Tigray, said Chena was the site of a two-day attack by Tigrayan fighters that began during the Mass (Kidasse) on the annual observance of the day of Saint Teklehaymanot on August 31, that according to local government officials resulted in the deaths of at least 119 civilians even though villagers place the death toll at 207. Tigrayan forces denied responsibility and called the allegations fabricated. The almost yearlong conflict in the Tigray region has spread to neighboring Amhara after the TPLF recaptured most of its home state from government forces in June and then invaded the Amhara and Afar regions in July of 2021. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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CHENA, ETHIOPIA - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Chena community who survivied the massacre at Chena Teklehaymanot Church wait to receive food aid being distributed by the Amhara Emergency Fund during the 40th Day commemoration of the massacre at Chena Teklehaymanot Church on October 10, 2021 in Chena, Ethiopia. The Amhara Emergency Fund or AEF is a conglomeration of Amhara groups in North America who provided 15,000 kilo's of wheat flour to 521 members of the community at Chena. Officials in this part of the Amhara region, which borders Tigray, said Chena was the site of a two-day attack by Tigrayan fighters that began during the Mass (Kidasse) on the annual observance of the day of Saint Teklehaymanot on August 31, that according to local government officials resulted in the deaths of at least 119 civilians even though villagers place the death toll at 207. Tigrayan forces denied responsibility and called the allegations fabricated. The almost yearlong conflict in the Tigray region has spread to neighboring Amhara after the TPLF recaptured most of its home state from government forces in June and then invaded the Amhara and Afar regions in July of 2021. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
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