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Today, Wednesday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared a state of emergency and ordered the Ethiopian National Defense Forces to take offensive measures against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
A statement issued by Abiy Ahmed’s office said that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front had attacked the northern command of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENA) stationed in Mekele, Tigray state.
According to the Ethiopian Agency, the front attempted to steal artillery and military equipment from the Northern Command Center, which has been stationed in the state of Tigray for more than two decades serving and protecting the tigray population from any offensive threat, while the The federal government used all means to thwart the military commitment against the Tigray Liberation Front, except That war could not be avoided with good faith and unilateral decision.
The statement read: “The red line was crossed after the attack on the National Defense Forces by the Tigrayan Liberation Front, and therefore the federal government was forced into a military confrontation.”
He added that “the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, under the leadership of a command center, were ordered to carry out their mission to save the country and the region from instability.
The TPLF has armed and organized irregular militias outside the constitutional structure in recent weeks. According to the agency.
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