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Africa-Press<\/a> – Ethiopia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Addis Ababa January 8\/2021 (ENA) The mastermind behind the strategy that created havoc during the last 27 years in Ethiopia and finally opened bloody war by massacring the army, Sebhat Nega, has been caught, according to Ethiopian National Defense Force.<\/p>\n

ENDF Deployment Department Head, Brigadier General Tesfaye Ayalew told ENA that Sebhat Nega, the top TPLF junta leader was captured hiding in a ravine extremely difficult to reach.<\/p>\n

According to Brigadier General Tesfaye, members of the destructive force carried him into the deep and narrow gorge with steep sides.<\/p>\n

Along with the junta leader were also arrested former members of the national defense force who betrayed the army, the head stated.<\/p>\n

The treacherous former army officers had been training the fighters of the junta and taking part in combat along with them.<\/p>\n

They were eventually caught while coordinating security operation around the junta leadership, Brigadier General Tesfaye elaborated.<\/p>\n

Those guarding the junta leadership had been destroyed.<\/p>\n

The following have been captured by the national defense force.<\/p>\n

1. Sebhat Nega \u2212 Mastermind behind the destructive strategy and the junta\u2019s top leader.<\/p>\n

2. Lieutenant colonel Tseadu Rich \u2013 The spouse of Sebhat Nega and health professional at the Armed Forces Hospital and later retired.<\/p>\n

3. Colonel Kinfe Tadese \u2013 Defector from the National Defense Force.<\/p>\n

4. Colonel Yemane Kahsay \u2013 Defector from the National Defense Force.<\/p>\n

5. Asgede G\/ Christos \u2013 Unidentified person who traveled all the way from the central part of Ethiopia to join the group<\/p>\n

6. Amdemariam Tessema Tewolde\u2013 Former Regional Ombudsman<\/p>\n

7. Commander Berhe Girma\u2013 Logistics Head of the Regional Special Force<\/p>\n

8. Alganesh Meles \u2013 Spouse of the late Major General Hayelom Araya and who used to live in the United States but came to the country to join the junta.<\/p>\n

She fell down a cliff and passed away while fleeing from the national defense force, the head disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. Addis Ababa January 8\/2021 (ENA) The mastermind behind the strategy that created havoc during the last 27 years in Ethiopia and finally opened bloody war by massacring the army, Sebhat Nega, has been caught, according to Ethiopian National Defense Force. ENDF Deployment Department Head, Brigadier General Tesfaye Ayalew told ENA that Sebhat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"\nMastermind Behind TPLF Strategy, Junta Leader Sebhat Nega Caught: Nat\u2019l Defense Force - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Addis Ababa January 8\/2021 (ENA) The mastermind behind the strategy that created havoc during the last 27 years in Ethio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mastermind Behind TPLF Strategy, Junta Leader Sebhat Nega Caught: Nat\u2019l Defense Force\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Addis Ababa January 8\/2021 (ENA) The mastermind behind the strategy that created havoc during the last 27 years in Ethio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-08T19:55:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/01\/img-5ff8b2a5a4135.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"422\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mastermind Behind TPLF Strategy, Junta Leader Sebhat Nega Caught: Nat\u2019l Defense Force\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-08T19:55:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/01\/img-5ff8b2a5a4135.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ethiopia\",\"ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/mastermind-behind-tplf-strategy-junta-leader-sebhat-nega-caught-natl-defense-force\",\"name\":\"Mastermind Behind TPLF Strategy, Junta Leader Sebhat Nega Caught: Nat\u2019l Defense Force - 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