We miss them terribly and we continue to mourn them as friends and colleagues. Knowing that they were intentionally killed and that no one has yet claimed responsibility for this heinous attack on three humanitarian workers, only reinforces our outrage, sadness and resolve to continue our search for the truth.
Over the past 12 months we have engaged with various representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). We have shared with them the preliminary findings of our own internal review of the incident, and we have asked them for clarifications about the presence and engagement of their armed forces at the time and in the precise location of the incident.
While we have been assured that an investigation is being carried out by the FDRE, one year on from the killing of María, Yohannes and Tedros, we still do not have a clear time frame on when preliminary results will be shared or when the investigation is likely to be completed. We continue to ask for and expect an official narrative to shed light on what happened that day. We are distraught that the families, our staff and supporters still don’t have answers to key questions about these killings: who were the perpetrators and what was their motivation?
