Air strike debris hit aid lorry in Tigray - WFP

Debris from a drone strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region hit a lorry carrying humanitarian aid and injured the driver on Sunday, a spokesman of the World Food Programme has told the Reuters news agency.

"Flying debris from the strike injured a driver contracted by WFP and caused minor damage to a WFP fleet truck," the spokesperson is quoted as saying.

The lorry was delivering food to internally displaced people in Tigray, Reuters reports.

A spokesman for the rebel TPLF Getachew Reda termed the incident "an outrageous crime."

Several previous air strikes have been reported by the Tigray rebels since fresh confrontations erupted on 24 August - which have not been acknowledged by federal authorities.

This article originally appeared in BBC News

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