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Gijet massacre
Gijet massacre
Part of Tigray War
	Gijet Gijet Location of Gijet in Tigray (Ethiopia)
Location	Gijet (Tigrinya: ጊጀት), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date	30 December 2020
Target	Tigrayans
Attack type	Mass killing; Shelling;
Deaths	21 civilians
Perpetrators	Ethiopian National Defence Force

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The December 2020 Gijet massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Gijet (Tigrinya: ጊጀት) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 30 December 2020.^[1] Gijet is the central town of woreda Saharti, southeastern zone of Tigray.

Massacre

The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) killed 21 youngsters, including a seven-year-old child in Gijet (SE Tigray) on 30 December 2020.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

Perpetrators

Dimtsi Woyane reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being the Ethiopian army.^[2]

Victims

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions 21 victims of this massacre.^[1]

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.^[3]^[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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation^{[self-published source]}
^ ^a ^b Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42 - 31 December 2020
^ ^a ^b The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ 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

External links

World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray

13°19′34″N 39°10′26″E / 13.32607°N 39.17393°E / 13.32607; 39.17393

[atlas-1] Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation^{[self-published source]}

[eepa42-2] Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42 - 31 December 2020

[world-3] The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] EuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region

[5] CBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia Massacre

[6] The Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified

[7] France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe

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