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Hundreds of detained Tigrayans released Sun Online Desk 28th May, 2021 08:20:03 Hundreds of men in Ethiopia s restive region of Tigray were released on Thursday evening, eyewitnesses and aid workers said, following a CNN report into their detention that prompted international outcry. Speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity, out of fear for their safety, the sources said that the soldiers had released all but a handful of the men, who were detained on Monday by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces operating in the region. A CNN report published Thursday found that hundreds of men had been rounded up in Shire, a town in Tigray, on Monday this week. Witnesses described, on condition of anonymity, how Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers had beaten and harassed the men. They also said the soldiers broke into at least two shelters for people displaced by the conflict, including an abandoned school, before shouting: We ll see if America will save you now!

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