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+#REDIRECT [[Wukro massacres#Bombing of Wukro]]
-{{Short description|Bombing of Wukro, eastern Tigray Region, Ethiopia as part of Tigray war}}
-{{Self-published|date=February 2022}}
-{{coord| 13.78511|N| 39.59991|E|region:ET|display=title}}
-{{Infobox civilian attack
-| date             = 16 and 25-27 November 2020
-| title            = Bombing of Wukro
-| location         = [[Wukro]] ({{Lang-ti | ውቕሮ}}), [[Tigray Region]], Ethiopia
-| partof           = [[Tigray War]]
-| image            = File:Tigray thousands flee in search of safety as humanitarian needs rise 7.jpg
-| caption          = Hospital in Wukro damaged by shelling
-| map              = {{Location map|Ethiopia#Tigray Region|lat_deg = 13.78511  |lon_deg = 39.59991|label  = Wukro| border = none | float = center|caption = }}
-| map_caption      = Location of [[Wukro]] in Ethiopia
-| fatalities       = 14 civilians
-| target           = [[Tigrayans]]
-| type             = {{plainlist|
-* [[Bombing]]}}
-| perps            = {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[Ethiopian National Defence Force]] <br>
-{{flagicon|UAE}} [[United Arab Emirates Armed Forces]]
-}}
-[[File:Tigray thousands flee in search of safety as humanitarian needs rise 2.jpg|thumb|263x263px|Interior of Wukro Hospital]]
-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">{{cite journal|last1=Annys|first1=Sofie|last2=Vanden Bempt|first2=Tim|last3= Negash|first3=Emnet|last4=De Sloover|first4=Lars|first5=Robin|last5=Ghekiere|first6=Kiara|last6=Haegeman|first7=Daan|last7=Temmerman|last8=[[Jan Nyssen|Nyssen]]|first8=Jan|year=2021|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349824181|title=Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913205535/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349824181_Tigray_Atlas_of_the_humanitarian_situation |archive-date=2021-09-13|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5804284 }}{{Self-published source|date=January 2022}}</ref><ref name="EHRC_OHCHR_final_report_3Nov2021">{{cite web |last1=Tibebu|first1=Israel |title= Report of the EHRC/OHCHR Joint Investigation into Alleged Violations of International Human Rights, Humanitarian and Refugee Law Committed by all Parties to the Conflict in the Tigray Region of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | website= [[Ethiopian Human Rights Commission|EHRC]], [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|OHCHR]] |date = 2021-11-03 | url = https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/ET/OHCHR-EHRC-Tigray-Report.pdf | access-date = 2021-11-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211103092214/https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/ET/OHCHR-EHRC-Tigray-Report.pdf |archive-date= 2021-11-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> Wukro is a mid-sized town, capital of ''woreda'' [[Kilte Awulaelo]], Eastern zone of Tigray.
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Wukro bombing 2020}}
-==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 and 25-27 November 2020.<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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410120649/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210316-the-fighting-continues-a-tigray-town-reels-from-drawn-out-war |date=2021-04-10 }}</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 [[CAIG Wing Loong II|"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 has been 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711053137/https://tghat.com/victim-list/ |date=2021-07-11 }}{{Self-published source|date=January 2022}}</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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403074853/https://www.pri.org/file/2021-04-02/counting-victims-tigray |date=2021-04-03 }}</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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410064735/https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/02/g7-seriously-concerned-about-human-rights-violations-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region?jwsource=cl |date=2021-04-10 }}</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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716013206/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-friday-edition-1.5974488 |date=2021-07-16 }}</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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814094202/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/ethiopia-1900-people-killed-in-massacres-in-tigray-identified |date=2021-08-14 }}</ref>
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-*[https://sites.tufts.edu/wpf/starving-tigray/ World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray]
-{{Tigray conflict}}
-[[Category:2021 in Ethiopia]]
-[[Category:Massacres in 2020]]
-[[Category:Massacres of the Tigray War]]
-[[Category:Airstrikes in Africa]]
 [[Category:2020 airstrikes]]
 [[Category:Airstrikes during the Tigray War]]
-[[Category:Massacres by the Eritrean Defence Forces]]
+[[Category:Drone strikes conducted by Ethiopia]]
+[[Category:Ethiopia–United Arab Emirates relations]]
+[[Category:November 2020 events in Ethiopia]]
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