The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) said they have foiled attempts by fugitive leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to escape out of the embattled Tigray region.
Lieutenant General Bacha Debelle of ENDF in a briefing on Friday said the majority of the fugitive members of the rebel force were killed as they were trying to cross to neighboring Sudan while others retreated back to the hills of northern Tigray.
Bacha said majority members of the rebel force who were neutralized in the latest operation had forged IDs with altered names.
According to the Lieutenant General, the national army is pursuing the remaining fugitive leaders and members of the rebel force.
Last week, Head of the South Command Major General Solomon Itafa said ENDF was chasing remnants of the outlawed TPLF which endured heavy losses in prolonged airstrikes, a Senior Military Officer has said.
According to the Major General, the escaping force have continued beheading the dead bodies of some of its members and recently it decapitated bodies of a female and four males.
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