Haddush Addi massacre
Coordinates: 14°04′17″N 38°34′46″E / 14.07127°N 38.57949°E
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| Part of Tigray War | |
  Haddush Addi .svg) Haddush Addi Location of Haddush Addi in Tigray (Ethiopia) | |
| Location | Haddush Addi, Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
| Date | 1 April 2021 |
| Target | Tigrayans |
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| Deaths | 18-22 civilians |
| Perpetrators |  Eritrean Defence Forces |
The Haddush Addi massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Haddush Addi in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 1 April 2021. Haddush Addi is a village adjacent to Wukro Maray in woreda Tahtay Maychew, Central zone of Tigray.
Massacre
The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed around 20 civilians in Haddush Addi (Central Tigray) on 1 April 2021, particularly in hamlet Grzla.[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] The massacres in Wukro Maray and surroundings were carried out by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, while being defeated by TDF.[1]
Reactions
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.[3]
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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 123 - 09 April 2021
- ^ The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
- ^ 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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