Ethiopian government reports taking control of ‘heavily bombarded’ Tigray capital Mekelle

Ethiopian federal forces have taken “full control” of the Tigray region’s capital, Mekelle, according to the nation’s Prime Minister and the military’s chief of staff.

Tigray TV reported the city was being “heavily bombarded”.

Authorities earlier said government forces were in the final stages of an offensive in the region in a quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders.

Humanitarians said the shelling in Mekelle, a densely populated city of half a million people, had immediately raised concerns…