<prompt> tafsiri zifuatazo kutoka kwa swahili hadi kiingereza.chama cha tigray peoples liberation front - ambacho kilikuwa kikidhibiti serikali ya jimbo la kaskazini- kilisema kilitekeleza shambulio kama hatua ya kujilinda wakati ulimwengu ulikuwa ukiangazia uchaguzi wa marekani, kwani kiliamini kuwa wanakaribia kushambuliwa na vikosi vya serikali.  <response>: the tigray peoples freedom front - which already controlled the government within the northern locale - said it had carried out a pre-emptive strike, when the worlds consideration was centered on the us race, because it accepted that it was almost to be assaulted by government troops. 