TPLF claim of Tekeze Dam Bombing part of disinformation campaign: Emergency fact check

Addis Ababa, November 13, 2020 (FBC) Ethiopia State of Emergency Fact Check has falsified TPLF’s claim of Tekeze Dam bombing in a statement issued today.

The Emergency Fact Check stated that the claim can easily be confirmed as the bombing of a double-curvature arc dam that is full of water cannot go unnoticed in the event of such a catastrophic incident.

A Fact Check says that Tekeze Hydroelectric Dam is federally owned and administered, much like other power generation dams around Ethiopia.

On Sunday November 8, 2020 TPLF Militia preemptively attacked a Federal Police outpost, tasked with the security of the dam, the statement said, adding that “the number of injured and killed has not been confirmed yet but 11 surviving Federal Police Members made a 14 hour trek across the mountains to the city of Gondar. “

In the days that followed, TPLF activists are noted to have to taken to social media about taking control of the Dam”, it said.

After a November 12, 2020 Amnesty International report of a massacre in Maykadra perpetrated against innocent civilians, the same day TPLF started a diversionary and well-prepared albeit false, narrative that the Tekeze Dam has been bombed by a giving a televised statement, according to the Emergency Fact Check.

The falsity of this claim can easily be confirmed as the bombing of a double-curvature arc dam, that is full of water, cannot go unnoticed in the event of such catastrophic incident, it is indicated.

Characteristically, the clique within TPLF continues to peddle falsehood for international audiences. Once again, we urge everyone to be mindful of the campaign of disinformation initiated by TPLF, as it is indicated on the statement.

The falsity of TPLF claim of Tekeze Dam bombing can easily be confirmed as the bombing of a double-curvature arc dam, that is full of water, cannot go unnoticed in the event of such a catastrophic incident, it added.