The senior commander who identified himself as code 37 during the communication is said to be Brigadier General Teklai Ashebir, a senior TPLF commander who is also known as Wedi Ashebir. He was giving orders to code 65 of the force commander. Code 37 ordered code 65 to “shoot everyone who is a Tigrean and not prepared to die for Tigray. him.”The senior commander added :“This is a clear instruction. I am ordering you to shoot ?”The answer from code 65 was :” They are pushing them from the top.

Source: Ethiopian News September 10, 2022 18:32 UTC