Wurgessa massacre
Coordinates: 11°32′35″N 39°37′06″E / 11.543°N 39.618333°E
| Wurgessa massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Tigray War | |
  Wurgessa Location of Wurgessa in Ethiopia | |
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| Target | Tigrayans |
Attack type | |
| Deaths | 28 civilians |
| Perpetrators |  Amhara Region fano (militia) |
The Wurgesa massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Wurgessa in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 5 August 2021.[1] Wurgessa is a town in the North Wollo zone of Amhara Region.
Massacre[edit]
on 5 August 2021, fano (militia) killed 28 civilians in Wurgessa (North Wollo) while traveling on the road to Addis Ababa.[1][2]
Perpetrators[edit]
Both Tigray and Amhara media reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being fano (militia).[citation needed]
Victims[edit]
The Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation mentions 28 victims of this massacre.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Ghekiere, R., Haegeman, K., Temmerman, D., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation, version 2.1. Ghent (Belgium): Ghent University, Department of Geography Archived 2021-10-13 at Archive.today
- ↑ "Ethiopia: Tigray War". ethiopiatigraywar. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
External links[edit]
- World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray
- Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation
- TGHAT: A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources
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