በቢሾፍቱ የአየር ኃይል ጣቢያ ግቢ ሁለት የድሮን ፍንዳታዎች ተፈጽመዋል፤ ከፍተኛ አብራሪ ካሳሁን ለማ ተገድለዋል
ኢትዮጵያ ኦብሰርቨር፣ ፍንዳታዎቹ ከቅዳሜ ወደ እሁድ በተሻገረው ሌሊት ከአዲስ አበባ በደቡብ ምሥራቅ 40 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቀት ላይ በሚገኘው ጣቢያ መፈጸማቸውን ገልጿል። የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥትና አየር ኃይሉ እስካሁን መግለጫ አልሰጡም፤ ዘገባውም በገለልተኛ አካል አልተረጋገጠም።
The EEPA situation report of 1 October said workers of Tigrayan and Amhara origin at the Bishoftu air force base were arrested on 26 and 27 September, in the days after the strikes. The account could not be independently verified, and the Ethiopian government has made no statement on it.
EEPA said in its situation report of 1 October that employees of Tigrayan and Amhara origin at the Bishoftu air force base were arrested after the strikes of 26 and 27 September.
The EEPA situation report of 1 October said people of Tigrayan and Amhara origin working at the Bishoftu air force base are being arrested by the federal government following the strikes of 26 and 27 September. The federal government has issued no statement on the arrests and the report could not be independently verified.
ACLED said in its Ethiopia update of 30 September that the drone strikes of 27 September, which it said were suspected to involve aircraft linked to the Alliance for Survival, hit ENDF camps and airports, naming facilities at Bishoftu in Oromia and near Bahir Dar airport in Amhara.
Ethiopia's National Intelligence and Security Service has banned drone flights over Addis Ababa and the surrounding area indefinitely, with immediate effect, Addis Insight and Ethio Negari reported on 30 September. The service said drones breaking the restriction will be intercepted and forced to land at a designated place, and that operators will be identified and arrested.
Borkena reported on 30 September that the Ethiopian Air Force has denied that a drone attack took place at the Debre Zeit (Bishoftu) air force base. It said Ethiopian Media Service had reported the attack and named a senior helicopter technician, Kassahun Lema, among two staff killed. Ethiopia Observer, citing people familiar with what happened at the base, has described two separate explosions caused by small short-range drones. The accounts could not be independently verified or reconciled.
ACLED's conflict record says two Ethiopian National Defense Force personnel were killed in the drone incident at the Bishoftu air force base on 27 September.
Ethiopia Observer reports two drone explosions at the Bishoftu air force base, killing senior pilot Kassahun Lema. ACLED recorded two ENDF personnel killed in a drone-related incident there on 27 September.
ኢትዮጵያ ኦብሰርቨር መስከረም 29 በወጣ ዘገባው፣ በቢሾፍቱ በሚገኘው የኢትዮጵያ አየር ኃይል ጣቢያ ግቢ ውስጥ ከቅዳሜ ወደ እሁድ በተሻገረው ሌሊት ሁለት የድሮን ፍንዳታዎች መፈጸማቸውን አስታውቋል። ጣቢያው ውስጥ የፈነዳው አጭር የአየር ርቀት ያለው ትንሽ ድሮን ያስከተለው የመጀመሪያው ፍንዳታ ምንም ጉዳት አላደረሰም ብሏል። ሁለተኛው ፍንዳታ ግን ሄሊኮፕተር እየተንቀሳቀሰ በነበረበት ወቅት በመፈጸሙ ከፍተኛ አብራሪ ካሳሁን ለማን ገድሎ አንድ ቴክኒሺያንና አንድ ወጥ ቤት ሠራተኛ አቁስሏል ሲል ዘግቧል። ዘገባውን ያገኘው በጣቢያው ውስጥ ከነበሩ ሰዎች መሆኑን ጋዜጣው ገልጿል። ACLED በበኩሉ መስከረም 28 በወጣ መዝገቡ፣ መስከረም 27 በኦሮሚያ በሚገኘው የኢትዮጵያ አየር ኃይል ጣቢያ በተፈጸመ ከድሮን ጋር በተያያዘ ክስተት ሁለት የኢትዮጵያ መከላከያ ሠራዊት አባላት መገደላቸውን መዝግቧል። ቢሾፍቱ ከአዲስ አበባ 40 ኪሎ ሜትር ብቻ ትርቃለች። የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥትም ሆነ አየር ኃይሉ በጉዳዩ ላይ ምንም አስተያየት አልሰጡም። ዘገባዎቹ በገለልተኛ አካል ማረጋገጥ አልተቻለም።