Shell-shocked survivors describe brutal Tigray rebel advance

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The  Tigray survivors. PHOTO | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Before the day was over, the rebels had fatally shot two men in their homes and marched a third to a nearby river where they fired rounds into his back, according to 49-year-old Adisse Wonde, who said he buried all three.
  • Northern Ethiopia has been wracked by violence since November when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray to topple the TPLF, then the region's ruling party.