They left us for dead.’ Tigray refugees tell of horrors after Ethiopian troops vowed they’d be safe

“Gabrgeorgis says that in his town — Sheraro on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border — the Eritrean military took over when Ethiopian troops left. “”They beat us with the machine guns, they would make us lie on the ground and put the weapon in our mouths,”” he said. “”If you are afraid, they will kill you, and if you don’t show fear, they turn you on your back and hit you with the back of the rifle.”””