Gondrand massacre

Gondrand Massacre
Part of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Victims of the massacre
LocationNear Mai Lahlà, Ethiopia
DateFebruary 13, 1936
TargetItalian workers of the Gondrand Company
Victims68 killed
27 wounded
4 missing
40 Ethiopian soldiers killed
Perpetrators Imperial Ethiopian Army

The Gondrand massacre was a 1936 Ethiopian attack on Italian workers of the Gondrand company. The massacre was reported to the League of Nations and was publicized by Fascist Italy in an attempt to justify its ongoing invasion of Ethiopia.[1][2][3]

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