Wukro massacres | |
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Part of the Tigray War | |
![]() Wide view of Wukro, November 2018 | |
Location of Wukro in Ethiopia | |
Location | Wukro (ዉቅሮ), Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
Coordinates | 13°47′N 39°36′E / 13.783°N 39.600°E |
Date | 16 November 2020 – 14 March 2021 |
Target | Tigrayans |
Attack type | Airstrike, Shooting, Mass killing |
Deaths | 267+ |
Perpetrators | ![]() ![]() |
During the Tigray War, the town of Wukro was damaged heavily, and was the scene of numerous killings and massacres committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF). It was bombed in mid-November 2020, then shelled by artillery fire a few weeks later, resulting in heavy destruction of property and multiple civilian deaths. There was looting of public and private property, leaving shops empty and the local hospital destroyed. Occupying soldiers engaged in sexual violence,[1] extrajudicial killings, and detention of civilians through at least March 2021. These massacres in Wukro received international attention in media articles.[2]
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