750 killed in raid to take the ark of the covenant?

Around 750 people were killed in an attack on an Orthodox church, which is said to contain the Ark of the Covenant described in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, in northern Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region — home to thousands of churches and monasteries — according to reports.

EEPA said that locals believe the attackers wanted to make off with the Ark of the Covenant believed by Ethiopian Christians to be housed in the church. The locals told EEPA that the attackers wanted to take the Ark of the Covenant to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. 
The organisation said the massacre was carried out by Ethiopian federal troops and Amhara militia.
​Ethiopia is home to 36 million Orthodox Christians, the world's second-largest Orthodox population after Russia.