Siege of Barentu | |||||||
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Part of the Eritrean War of Independence | |||||||
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550 killed | Unknown |
The siege of Barentu took place in 1977 in and around the town of Barentu in western Eritrea. It was jointly laid to siege by the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) against the forces of Ethiopia.[1]
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