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Outskirts of Adwa
April 2021 Adwa massacre
Part of Tigray War
Adwa is located in Tigray Region
Adwa
Adwa
Adwa is located in Ethiopia
Adwa
Adwa
Location of Adwa in Tigray (Ethiopia)
LocationAdwa (Template:Lang-ti), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date12 April 2021
TargetTigrayans
Attack type
Deaths5 to 9 civilians
PerpetratorsEritrea Eritrean Defence Forces

The April 2021 Adwa massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Adwa (Template:Lang-ti) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 12 April.[1][2] Adwa is a town in the Central Zone of Tigray.

Massacre

The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed between five and nine civilians in Adwa (Central Tigray) on 12 April 2021.[1][2] Amnesty International stated that the EDF fired on civilians, killing three people and wounding 19 others on 12 April, in the centre of Adwa. [3][4] In line with historical studies of massacres, including those committed during the Armenian genocide,[5][6] a massacre can be defined as a conflict incident in which at least five unarmed civilians were killed on the same day at the same location. 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.[7]

Perpetrators

Witnesses reported the perpetrators as being Eritrean troops.[1]

Victims

Out of the 19 people who were injured, six were in critical condition according to ABC News.[8] The number of those who were killed was said to have reached at least nine people, according to HRW.[9]

Reactions

A representative of the Transitional Government of Tigray, Berhane Gebretsadik stated that the ENDF had defended the residents against the EDF, preventing further casualties.[10]

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”,[2] that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly regarding its Annex A, that lists massacres in the Tigray War.[7][11][12][13]

After months of denial by the Ethiopian authorities that massacres occurred in Tigray, a joint investigation by OHCHR and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission was announced in March 2021.[14]

While the Ethiopian government promised that Eritrean troops will be pulled out from Tigray, the Eritrean government denies any participation in warfare in Tigray, let alone in massacres.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 125 - 13 April 2021
  2. ^ a b c Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation
  3. ^ "Eritrean troops open fire in Tigray's Adwa, kill 3: Rights group".
  4. ^ "Ethiopia: Three killed, 19 injured in Tigray as Eritrean troops open fire on civilians".
  5. ^ Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny (January 1, 1999). The Massacre in History. Berghahn Books. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-57181-934-5. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016.
  6. ^ Melson, Robert (July 1982). "Theoretical Inquiry into the Armenian Massacres of 1894–1896". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 24 (3): 482–3. doi:10.1017/s0010417500010100.
  7. ^ a b The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
  8. ^ "Amnesty: Eritrean troops still killing in Ethiopia's Tigray".
  9. ^ "UN Security Council Needs to Act on Ethiopia's Tigray Region".
  10. ^ "Eritrean soldiers kill nine civilians in Tigray, Ethiopian regional official says".
  11. ^ EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region
  12. ^ CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre
  13. ^ The Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified
  14. ^ France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe
  15. ^ DW, 19 March 2021: Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray?
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