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Tigray: Plane ferrying weapons shot down, says Abiy Ahmed's adviser

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's security adviser Redwan Hussain. [File, Ethiopian Reporter]

A plane reportedly loaded with weapons that was about to cross the Ethiopian airspace into the Tigray region has been shot down.

According to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's security adviser Redwan Hussain, the unidentified plane, that was headed to Tigray through the northern part of Humera, violated Ethiopian airspace and was shot down by the air force.

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