Three top members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) were killed, the Ethiopian army announced on Thursday, according to Sputnik news agency.
In a statement, the army added that the men died in "fire exchanges undertaken with the criminal clique's personal security" after "refusing to surrender."
"The dead included Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopia's former foreign minister, former federal affairs minister Abay Tsehaye and ex-parliamentary chief whip Asmelash Woldeselassie," the statement read.
The war between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) broke out on Nov. 4.
The conflict is thought to have killed thousands and displaced more than 950,000 people, according to United Nations estimates. About 50,000 of them fled to Sudan.
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