Five selfless Afar youngsters performed extraordinary heroism involving in suicide bombing and killing artillery shooters who were firing at civilians in Abaala, a border town in Ethiopia\u2019s Afar regional state.<\/p>\n
The five heroes were selected by Afar traditional leaders in an assembly which finally passed a resolution deciding to neutralize the shooters by suicide bombers.<\/p>\n
The shooters were members of the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) force which currently is fighting against the Ethiopian joint forces along border areas in Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions.<\/p>\n
The heavy weapons\u2019 shooters reportedly had killed civilians and inflicted heavy damage on Abaala which has been used as a home town for both ethnic Afar and Tigrayan people.<\/p>\n
Thousands of the ethnic Afar residents have fled the town following unfolding bombings and attacks from ethnic Tigrayan neighbors since the conflict erupted in the town last August.<\/p>\n
Last week, TPLF forces took control of the town with the help of those ethnic Tigrayan residents who served as combatants there.<\/p>\n
The Afar special force and militia regrouped and managed to chase the TPLF fighters from the town early this week after heavy sacrifices.<\/p>\n
Some of the TPLF fighters who retreated to mountainous Arefaay area in Tigray region, however, continued bombing the town, using heavy weapons.<\/p>\n
Finally, the Afar traditional leaders selected five volunteer suicide attackers and sent them to Arefaay mountain armed with explosives and \u201cdying to kill\u201d mission.<\/p>\n
Then the selfless Afar heroes denoted their explosives and died side by side with the artillery shooters.<\/p>\n
The traditional leaders now have demanded the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) to take control of\u00a0 the mountainous Arefaay area to avoid similar attacks against civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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