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810:, member of the TPLF central committee and former head of the military during the TPLF led government, confirmed the attack, stating "the only option of the Government of Tigray was to use its smaller force to take control over the North Command which was large in numbers and capacity in just a very short period of time". He rejected the claim that the TPLF was the first to initiate military preparations and threats, stating, " war was started by our enemies who have been preparing for a long time. … Now they are attempting to present it as a retaliation for the 'attack' on the North Command; this is just a fairy tale." 1844: 163: 132: 1856: 1832: 1869: 824: 2380: 151: 1798: 106: 1811: 118: 2389: 641:, 150 kilometres to the south-west, where they were held for two weeks and provided with tea, bread and not much water. Bulcha and his colleagues' personal valuables were confiscated. After negotiating the burning of their uniforms to avoid them being re-used by the TPLF, the ENDF soldiers were transported in trucks, each carrying 500 soldiers, to the border between Tigray Region and 660:, was on guard duty from 22:00 to 24:00 EAT 3 November. He heard gunshots after finishing his guard duty. TPLF special forces and militias entered the camp, ordering the ENDF soldiers to surrender. The ENDF soldiers surrendered after being ordered to by their senior officers, Tigrayans. The ENDF soldiers were transported to 762:
had occurred during the attacks. He stated that the "TPLF identified and separated hundreds of unarmed Ethiopian soldiers of non-Tigrayan origin, tied their hands and feet together, massacred them in cold blood, and left their bodies lying in open air." Abiy suggested that the TPLF forces had "record
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on 4 November. According to the two soldiers' report, the ENDF forces shot at the attackers, initially succeeding in defending their base. The base was sieged by TPLF forces. ENDF soldiers rationed their food supplies, which lasted for eight days. On the tenth day of the siege, a six-hour battle took
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on 6 November, kept there for a week, and taken to Abiy Addi, where they were kept for three weeks in small rooms with "very crammed conditions". The witness was allowed to leave and transported with others to the Amhara Region border at Tekezé River on trucks, after which they crossed the river and
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A shooting battle started at 01:00 EAT 4 November, at a distance of 50 metres between the two sides. Bulcha claimed that there were 32 ENDF fatalities and 100 TPLF fatalities. The battle ended when ENDF commanders ordered their soldiers to return their weapons to the storeroom. Priests and town
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A top TPLF official appeared to confirm the federal government's claim that TPLF forces sparked the conflict by attacking a military base. Sekoutoure Getachew in a video discussion said pre-emptive strikes were carried out in self-defense against the Ethiopian army's Northern Command, calling it an
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3 November. Bulcha together with other soldiers requested a colonel to unlock a storeroom with the soldiers' weapons. The colonel refused. Bulcha suspected that the colonel, an ethnic Tigrayan, refused on behalf of the TPLF. The soldiers eventually obtained their weapons, by which time TPLF forces
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Early on, the TPLF gave conflicting statements about the nature of the attacks. The TPLF described the November attacks as a pre-emptive strike since it expected to be attacked by the ENDF. They alleged that, in the months and days before the fighting erupted, Ethiopian armed forces had been
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The crisis began with a surprise attack on Northern Command on 4 November 2020 by forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a party that dominated Ethiopia until 2018 and still controls Tigray National Regional State, which has its own police and
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In the early hours of the morning, gunfire was reported around the Mekelle airport, after federal government commandos reportedly arrived with the apparent goal of securing military assets and, possibly removing and apprehending the TPLF leadership.
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Mohammed Tessema of the ENDF stated in early December 2020 that 1000 senior commanders had been taken prisoner by TPLF forces on the evening of 3 November (or 4 November, according to
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In March 2022, TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda stated that the war had started when the TPLF "undertook a preemptive operation to disarm and neutralize the Northern Command."
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Some reports stated that the war began on 4 November; however, the earliest instances of fighting are recorded as taking place during the very late hours of 3 November,
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witnesses stated that senior commanders, radio operators, women soldiers and soldiers with heavy weapons skills were not allowed to leave the Abiy Addi detention site.
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expressed "grave concern" about the attacks "by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, TPLF, on Ethiopian National Defense Force bases in the Tigray region".
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was on guard when ten Tigrayan special forces personnel requested to meet the camp's commander. Hussen refused, an argument started, and guns were fired.
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Rifle and grenade battles in the Dansha attack lasted for most of the night. The attackers included former ENDF forces who had defected to the TPLF.
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have stated that this claim "is not supported by interview data on the deployment patterns of the federal troops". Head of the Tigrayan government,
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go to Soqota. He described the truck journey as "very difficult", during which some of the soldiers fell off the trucks and broke their legs.
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was attacked on 4 November. Most of the staff there were administrative and the headquarters were easily captured.
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elders negotiated a surrender, which took place at 16:00, with the ENDF soldiers rendering their arms to the TPLF.
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The attacks took place in the context of major political changes in Ethiopia during 2018–2020, in which the
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Just before midnight on the evening of 3 November, ENDF member Hussen Besheir at an ENDF camp for the
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described the attacks as "pre-emptive", an "internationally known practice" and an "imperative".
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place, with the TPLF using tanks, anti-aircraft guns and mortars. The ENDF soldiers surrendered.
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Inside a military base in Ethiopia's Tigray: soldiers decry betrayal by former comrades
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interviewed an ENDF sergeant, Bulcha, about the attack on an ENDF base near
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An ENDF soldier at a different ENDF base near Adigrat, also interviewed by
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where they were lodged at a police compound and the wounded hospitalised.
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in cooperation with that country's leadership. Some researchers at the
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mobilized towards Tigray, apparently also being deployed into nearby
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In a statement made late in December 2020, Ethiopian prime minister
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On 13 December, the ENDF issued arrest warrants for Major General
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themselves singing and dancing on the bodies of their victims."
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The Northern Command headquarters in the Tigrayan capital city
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Ethiopian federal government mobilizes troops against the TPLF
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ENDF soldiers Takele Ambaye and Molla Kassa stated that the
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Attacks on government buildings and structures in Africa
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base near the Eritrean border was attacked at 05:00
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Index

Tigray War
Mekelle
Tigray Region
Ethiopia
Tigray War
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Tigray People's Liberation Front
Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed
Debretsion Gebremichael
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Tigray war
Northern Command
Humera
Asmara
Mekelle
Operation Alula
Tigrayan offensive
TDF–OLA joint offensive
National Unity offensive
Shire
Mai Kadra
Humera
Adigrat
Zalambessa
Dengelat
1st Wukro

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