Tisha massacre

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Tisha massacre
Part of Tigray War
Tisha is located in Tigray Region
Tisha
Tisha
Location of Tisha in Tigray (Ethiopia)
LocationTisha (Tigrinya: ቲሻ), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date1 April 2021
TargetTigrayans
Attack type
Deathsc. 100 civilians
PerpetratorsEthiopia Ethiopian National Defence Force
Eritrea Eritrean Defence Forces

The Tisha massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Tisha in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 1 April 2021. Tisha is a municipality nearby to Wukro Maray in woreda Tahtay Maychew, Central zone of Tigray.

Massacre[]

The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed c. 100 civilians in Ma’ikhel, the main village of the Tisha municipality (Central Tigray) on 1 April 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] The massacres in Wukro Maray and surroundings were carried out by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, while being defeated by TDF.[1]

Perpetrators[]

EEPA reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being EDF soldiers.[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[]

  1. ^ a b c "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 123 - 09 April 2021" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
  3. ^ France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ DW, 19 March 2021: Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray? Archived 2021-09-13 at the Wayback Machine

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