2020 Benishangul-Gumuz bus attack

2020 Ethiopia bus attack
Part of Amhara genocide
Benishangul-Gumuz Benishangul-Gumuz (Ethiopia)
Location
Date
Target	Amhara and Agew passengers
Attack type	Mass shooting
Weapons	Guns
Deaths	34
Non-fatal injuries	0
Perpetrators	Gumuz militiamen

The 2020 Ethiopia bus attack was a mass shooting on a bus in western Ethiopia on 14 November 2020. It occurred in Benishangul-Gumuz Region, as the bus was travelling between Wenbera and Chagni in the context of the wider Metekel conflict. The attack left at least 34 people dead. Aljazeera reported that the violence as ethnically motivated, and targeted campaign by ethnic Gumuz militias against ethnic Amhara and Agew living in Metekel.

See also

• Benishangul-Gumuz conflict

References

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