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Adigrat town, Eastern, Tigray

Residents of Adigrat told the BBC and AFP that large numbers of Eritrean soldiers, travelling by truck and on foot with heavy weapons, crossed the border and moved south through the town toward central Tigray overnight into the morning of 7 October 2026, finding no Ethiopian federal or Tigrayan forces present to oppose them.

When
Where
Adigrat town, Eastern, Tigray · 14.277, 39.467
Actors involved
Eritrean Defence Forces
Grade
B One credible independent source
Status
Verified

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