Africa News: More than '7,000 captive Ethiopian' soldiers paraded in Tigray by rebel fighters
More than 7,000 'Ethiopian' soldiers captured by the Tigray Defence Force have been paraded in a rare video that shows them walking towards the Mekele Rehabilitation Centre, in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region.
According to the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF), the captive 'Ethiopian' soldiers walked from Abdi Eshir, about 75 km southwest of Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray for four days.
There are however claims that the number of the captive soldiers may have been exaggerated and they may in fact include some Eritrean and Somali soldiers who are alleged to have fought on the side of the Ethiopian national army.
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