Finarwa massacre
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Coordinates: 13°06′11″N 39°01′28″E / 13.10312°N 39.02449°E
| Finarwa massacre | |
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| Part of Tigray War | |
  Finarwa .svg) Finarwa Location of Finarwa in Tigray (Ethiopia) | |
| Location | Finarwa (Tigrinya: ፊናርዋ), Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
| Date | 5 March 2021 |
| Target | Tigrayans |
Attack type | |
| Deaths | 5 civilians |
| Perpetrators |  Eritrean Defence Forces |
The Finarwa massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Finarwa (Tigrinya: ፊናርዋ) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 5 March 2021.[1] Finarwa is a village that belongs to woreda Samre, Southeastern zone of Tigray.
Massacre
The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed five civilians in Finarwa (Southeastern Tigray) on 5 March 2021.[1]
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.[2]
Two earlier massacres have been reported in Finarwa, on 6 November 2020 (six civilian victims) and 2 January 2021 (eight civilian victims).[1] There are no further details about the victims.
Perpetrators
On Twitter, Tim Vanden Bempt reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Eritrean soldiers.
Victims
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions five victims of this massacre,[1] four of whom have been identified.[3]
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.[2][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
- ^ a b c d e Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation[self-published source]
- ^ a b The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
- ^ TGHAT, A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources[self-published source]
- ^ EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region
- ^ CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre
- ^ The Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified
- ^ France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe
- ^ DW, 19 March 2021: Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray?
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