dw correspondence, marianna miller visited one town on the border of the tea, dry region shattered by ethnic violence, deserted and destroyed in december last year to grand fight, as loyal to the te gray people to liberation front or t p l f. attack the boot, the town of alba and they left their mark. abala used to have a mixed population of ethnic to grants and afar in the days leading up to the t belief attack witnesses tell us. fighting had already broken out along ethnic lines between afar residence a far militia and local to grounds, causing many to leave. as you can see, the destruction is systematic. every house on this road has been damaged. the da grain fighters went from door to door, looted and damaged everything they could find was to he has seen the mayor of abala has since returned together with armed men. an attempt to reinstate some sense of security on the cylinder cabanas at 8 o'clock. the shelling was relentless from all like rain in more than 225 people died in watermelon. they killed the elderly in their homes and others while they were escaping. good mother follo