Air strike on playground kills 7 in Ethiopia's Tigray region - hospital

People inspect a damaged playground following an air strike in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, August 26, 2022 in this still image taken from video. Tigrai TV/Reuters TV via REUTERS

NAIROBI (Reuters) -An air strike on a children's play area killed at least seven people in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Friday, medical officials there said, the first such attack after a four-month old ceasefire collapsed this week.

The officials said three children were among the dead but a a federal government spokesman denied any civilian casualties.