But they were forbidden from burying their dead by the invading Eritrean soldiers. It did not mention Eritrean soldiers. Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers had arrived in Axum more than a week earlier, with heavy bombardment. “We buried them en masse” in graves near the Zion church and others. He said he ferried bodies to a mass grave by the Zion church and estimated that he saw 300 to 400 there.

Source: Egypt Independent February 18, 2021 11:03 UTC