Shiglil massacre

The Shiglil massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Shiglil (Tigrinya: ሺግሊል) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, around 4-10 November 2020.[1][2] Shiglil is a village that belongs to woreda Kafta Humera, Western zone of Tigray.

Shiglil massacre
Part of Tigray War
Shiglil
Shiglil
Location of Shiglil in Tigray (Ethiopia)
LocationShiglil (Tigrinya: ሺግሊል), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date4-10 November 2021
TargetTigrayans
Attack type
Deathsat least 7 civilians
Perpetrators Amhara Region Special Force

Massacre

The Amhara Region Special Force killed at least seven people: the children of one family in Shiglil (Western Tigray) on 4-10 November 2020.[1][2]

“The militias stripped them and beat them in front of us. All of them died.”
— Priest Gebrehiwet Aregawe, Father of the victims, Vice, 24 December 2021[1]

Typical massacres committed by Ethiopian and Amhara 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

Survivors reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Amhara militiamen (fano).[1]

Victims

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions seven victims of this massacre.[2] They are the children of Priest Gebrehywet Aregawe and his wife Letekidan.[1]

Reactions

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”,[2] 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]

See also

References
  1. Vice, 24 December 2020: 'He's Planning to Exterminate Us All': Ethiopians Speak of Ethnic Massacres
  2. Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation
  3. The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
  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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