In this 2020 TMH interview, a former TPLF soldier narrates how one of their mine-clearing units captured Kassaye Chemeda, a Derg military general. He says Kassaye had hidden himself with his head buried in a foxhole. Suspicious of why he was hiding while also trying to appear dead, the fighters pulled him out by his collar. At first, he remained silent. Later, he began screaming, “Fighters, fighters, I’m dead. For your mothers’ sake, I’m dead.” The witness says it was the first time he had heard