This is how it started =============== Armed for the first time, the group left Sihul’s house in Enda-Selassie in Shire at midnight . Thanks to Berhane Ayele, who knew every corner of the town and the guards’ patrol patterns, the group slipped through Enda-Selassie without incident, Once the group reached the outskirts of the town, it met pre-arranged peasant guides in strategic villages all the way to Dedebit. The peasant guides, like Meley, were all relatives of Sihul. Although they were exhausted after walking all night and carrying field materials no less than 20 kg each, there was joy and relief on their faces. As the drained group of fighters was forcing itself to keep moving, a sudden gunshot was heard close behind. Everybody was nervous but regained their composure and kept up their normal pace. This first shot turned out to be nothing but a trick planned by the experienced Sihul to test the group’s nerve. In the evening, they reached the centre of Dedebit and then moved on into the hills where Sihul selected the highest one as a temporary settlement area until the whole region had been surveyed Aregawi Breha :A Political History of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (1975-1991):(p:80-81)
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