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. Crowds of jubilant locals waving the red and yellow Tigrayan flag cheered, clapped and danced in Mekele as they welcomed the returning Tigray Defence Force (TDF) soldiers. Supporters carried the victorious gun-toting TDF fighters -- both men and women -- aloft to the sound of tooting car and motorbike horns, while beaming women embraced their returning menfolk. Everybody is excited and they have music on the streets," one Mekele resident told AFP as the first TDF fighters trickled in.

Source: Ethiopian News July 03, 2021 16:29 UTC