Adi Hageray massacre
| Adi Hageray massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Tigray War | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 502: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Tigray Region" does not exist. Location of Adi Hageray in Tigray | |
| Location | Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Date | Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Target | Tigrayans |
Attack type | |
| Deaths | approx. 200 civilians |
| Perpetrators |  Ethiopian National Defence Force  Eritrean Defence Forces |
The Adi Hageray massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Adi Hageray (Tigrinya: ዓዲ ሃገራይ) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 12-18 November 2020.[1] Adi Hageray is a town of the northwestern zone of Tigray.
Massacre[edit]
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed two hundred civilians in Adi Hageray (Northwestern Tigray) on 12-18 November 2020.[1] The ENDF troops came first to the town and killed the people they found on their way. They rapidly left the town to the EDF troops, who up to November 18, massacred civilians, in the streets and in houses. People who came out to collect the bodies of their killed family relatives and friends were shot dead also. The killing spread towards the neighbouring Zagir village also.[2][better source needed] Typical massacres committed by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers in the Tigray war are (1) revenge when they lose a battle; (2) to terrorise and extract information about whereabouts of TPLF leaders; (3) murder of suspected family members of TDF fighters and (4) terrorising the Tigray society as a whole such as in case of mass killings in churches.[3] The Adi Hageray massacre, was both a revenge massacre as well with the aim of terrorising the society. One of the oldest victims was Ma'asho Gebremedhin, who was killed for saying: “Today woyane, Tomorrow woyane”. The EDF soldiers tied, shot and then burned him. He was around 80 years old.[citation needed]
Perpetrators[edit]
Tghat interpreted the identity of the perpetrators as Ethiopian soldiers, followed by Eritrean soldiers.[2][4][better source needed]
Victims[edit]
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions 200 victims,[1] of which 59 have been identified:[2][4][better source needed]
Reactions[edit]
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”,[1] that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly with regard its Annex A, that lists the massacres.[3][5][6][7]
External links[edit]
- Twitter: author @tvbempt; hashtags #NeverForget #SayTheirNames #AdiHageray
- World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray
- Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation
- TGHAT: A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 TGHAT, A preliminary report on an Adi Hageray Massacre
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 TGHAT, A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources
- ↑ EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region
- ↑ CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre
- ↑ The Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified
This article "Adi Hageray massacre" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Adi Hageray massacre. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
