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Fears of Tigray bloodbath as Ethiopian army says it will show ‘no mercy’ on regional capital
Tigray women who fled a conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, wait to receive aid at Village 8, the transit centre near the Lugdi border crossing in eastern Sudan on Sunday

HUMAN Rights Watch has warned the Ethiopian government looks set to “treat a whole city as a military target” as it warned residents its impending attack would show “no mercy.”

Tanks are encircling Tigray’s regional capital Mekele, and military spokesman Colonel Dejene Tsegaye announced: “Our people in Mekele should protect themselves from heavy artillery. Save yourself. 

“A directive has been communicated for you to dissociate yourself from this junta, after that there will be no mercy.”

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