Reported aerial or drone strike on an area sheltering people displaced from Western Tigray, Adi Abay near Shiraro, 24 September 2026 (Meskerem 14, 2019 E.C.)

The Shiraro city administration reports that an aerial or drone strike hit an area used as shelter by internally displaced civilians from Western Tigray in the Adi Abay area near Shiraro on 24 September 2026; Mayor Gebrehiwet Gebreyohannes states displaced civilians were injured, with the number and severity not yet established.

Tigray Monitor collaborators on the ground confirmed to the editorial desk that the Adi Abay area near Shiraro, where people displaced from Western Tigray were sheltering, was struck from the air on 24 September 2026. The desk records this as confirmation that the strike occurred; casualty figures remain those of the city administration and are not verified.

Tigray Monitor's editorial desk attributes this drone strike to the Ethiopian federal government. The desk's verification, from staff and contacts on the ground, is that the drones carrying out strikes in Tigray are operated by the Ethiopian government and are flown from Bahir Dar, from Afar and from Western Tigray. This is the desk's finding; statements by other sources about responsibility are recorded in their own claims.