2020 Benishangul-Gumuz bus attack

2020 Ethiopia bus attack
2020 Ethiopia bus attack
Part of Amhara genocide
	Benishangul-Gumuz Benishangul-Gumuz (Ethiopia)
Location	Benishangul-Gumuz region , Ethiopia
Date	14 November 2020
Target	Amhara and Agew passengers
Attack type	Mass shooting
Weapons	Guns
Deaths	34
Injured	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.^[2] Aljazeera reported that the violence as ethnically motivated, and targeted campaign by ethnic Gumuz militias against ethnic Amhara and Agew living in Metekel.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Dozens killed in 'gruesome' bus attack in western Ethiopia". Al Jazeera English. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^ "Gunmen in western Ethiopia kill at least 34 people in bus attack, rights body says". Reuters. 15 November 2020.

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[Dozens-1] "Dozens killed in 'gruesome' bus attack in western Ethiopia". Al Jazeera English. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[2] "Gunmen in western Ethiopia kill at least 34 people in bus attack, rights body says". Reuters. 15 November 2020.

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