Ethiopia: reports of heavy casualties in fighting in Tigray

Country's prime minister sent in federal troops and aircraft last week in major escalation

Heavy casualties have been reported in ongoing clashes between the Ethiopian army and troops loyal to the ruling party of the restive northern province of Tigray.

At least six people were killed and 60 people wounded and in one location along the Tigray border alone, Doctors Without Borders said on Saturday, and a medical official said nearly 100 government soldiers had been treated for gunshot wounds at a hospital in the northern Amhara region.