Drone strike on restaurant kills 4 civilians in Densa town, Ethiopia

A drone strike hit a restaurant in Densa Town, Mehal-Sayint Woreda, in Ethiopia's South Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, at approximately noon on October 20, 2026, according to the Amhara War Updates account on X.

Preliminary accounts indicate four civilians were killed and seven others wounded while residents and workers were having lunch inside the restaurant.

The dead were identified as Andualem Getachew, an Amhara Bank security staff member; Derese Mengiste, an Abyssinia Bank security staff member; Kalkidan Fisseha, who recently completed Grade 12; and Weyinshet Lantenew, a secondary school student.

Among the wounded were an 8-year-old child, a tea shop worker and security personnel, though the identities of all seven injured victims remain unavailable.

The same source separately reported a drone strike on Sana Primary School in Dera Woreda and a fighter jet bombing in Welesh Town, both in the South Gonder Zone, on the same day.