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{{Short description|Bombing of Wukro, Eastern Tigray as part of Tigray war}}
#REDIRECT [[Wukro massacres#Bombing of Wukro]]

{{Infobox civilian attack
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| date = 16 November 2020
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| title = Bombing of Wukro
[[Category:Airstrikes during the Tigray War]]
| location = [[Wukro]] ({{Lang-ti | ውቕሮ}}), [[Tigray Region]], Ethiopia
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[[Category:Drone strikes conducted by Ethiopia]]
| partof = [[Tigray War]]
[[Category:Ethiopia–United Arab Emirates relations]]
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| map_caption = Location of [[Wukro]] in Ethiopia
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| perps = {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Ethiopian National Defence Force]] <br>
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The '''bombing of Wukro''' was a mass [[extrajudicial killing]] that took place in [[Wukro]] ({{Lang-ti | ውቕሮ}}) in the [[Tigray Region]] of [[Ethiopia]] during the [[Tigray War]], on 16 November 2020.<ref name="atlas">Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., [[Jan Nyssen|Nyssen, J.]], 2021. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349824181 Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation]</ref> Wukro is a mid-sized town, capital of ''woreda'' [[Kilte Awulaelo]], Eastern zone of Tigray.

==Massacre==
Ahead of the [[Ethiopian National Defense Force]] and [[Eritrean Defence Forces]] arrival in late November 2020, heavy bombing levelled homes and businesses in Wukro (Eastern Tigray) and sent plumes of dust and smoke rising above near-deserted streets on 16 November 2021.<ref name="france24">France24, 16 March 2020: [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210316-the-fighting-continues-a-tigray-town-reels-from-drawn-out-war 'The fighting continues': A Tigray town reels from drawn-out war]</ref> People were hiding in their houses and 14 civilians <ref name="atlas"/> were killed in the bombing that involved the intervention of the Ethiopian Airforce and "Pterosaurus" drones, launched by the [[United Arab Emirates]] from its base in [[Assab]] in Eritrea. The Chinese-made, armed drones bombed Tigrayan towns and defence forces.<ref name="youuav">{{cite web |url=https://www.youuav.com/news/detail/202012/46513.html |title=YouUAV.com, 4 December 2020 |publisher=Youuav.com |date= |access-date=2021-02-02 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123201512/https://www.youuav.com/news/detail/202012/46513.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[EEPA]] has provided a summarised translation of the Chinese article.<ref name="eepa64">{{cite web |url=https://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-64-23-January-2021.pdf |title=Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 64 – 23 January 2021 |date= |access-date=2021-02-02 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123141401/https://www.eepa.be//wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Situation-Report-EEPA-Horn-No.-64-23-January-2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Aerial Photo Wukro Ethiopia.jpg|thumb|Bird's eye view on Wukro]]

==Perpetrators==
Analysts interpreted the identity of the perpetrators of drone attacks as United Arab Emirates,<ref name="eepa64"/> and locals identified airplanes that carried out the bombings as belonging to the Ethiopian Airforce.

==Victims==
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions 14 victims.<ref name="atlas"/> Many victims have been identified, but, as Wukro is a martyr town, affected by every phase of the Tigray war,<ref name="france24"/> often the specific event in which victims died is not known yet.<ref name="tghat">TGHAT, [https://www.tghat.com/victim-list/ A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources]</ref>

==Reactions==
The series of massacres in Wukro received international attention in media articles.<ref name="france24"/> The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”,<ref name="atlas"/> that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly with regard its Annex A, that lists the massacres.<ref name="world">The World radio (2 April 2021): [https://www.pri.org/file/2021-04-02/counting-victims-tigray Counting the victims in Tigray]</ref><ref>EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: [https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/02/g7-seriously-concerned-about-human-rights-violations-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region?jwsource=cl G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region]</ref><ref>CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-friday-edition-1.5974488 Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre]</ref><ref>The Guardian, 2 April 2021: [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/ethiopia-1900-people-killed-in-massacres-in-tigray-identified Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified]</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Twitter: author @tvbempt; hashtags #NeverForget #SayTheirNames #Wukro
*[https://sites.tufts.edu/wpf/starving-tigray/ World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray]
*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349824181 Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation]
*[https://www.tghat.com/victim-list/ TGHAT: A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources]
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