Zamr massacre

Zamr massacre
Part of Tigray War
Zamr is located in Tigray Region
Zamr
Zamr
Zamr is located in Ethiopia
Zamr
Zamr
Location of Zamr in Tigray (Ethiopia)
LocationZamr (Tigrinya: ዛምር), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date3 March 2021
TargetTigrayan youth
Attack type
Deaths7 civilians
PerpetratorsEritrea Eritrean Defence Forces

The Zamr massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Zamr (Tigrinya: ዛምር) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 3 March 2021.[1] Zamr is a village that belongs to tabiya Simret, woreda Bizet, Eastern zone of Tigray.

Massacre

The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed seven civilian youngsters in Zamr (Central Tigray) on 3 March 2021.[1]

Perpetrators

AssenaTV reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Eritrean soldiers.[2]

Victims

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions seven victims of this massacre,[1] all of whom have been identified.[2]

Reactions

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”,[1] that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly regarding its Annex A, that lists massacres in the Tigray War.[3][4][5][6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation[self-published source]
  2. ^ a b TGHAT, A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources[self-published source]
  3. ^ The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
  4. ^ EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region
  5. ^ CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre
  6. ^ The Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified
  7. ^ France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe
  8. ^ DW, 19 March 2021: Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray?

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