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{{Short description|Bombing of Wukro, eastern Tigray Region, Ethiopia as part of Tigray war}} |
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{{Self-published|date=February 2022}} |
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{{coord| 13.78511|N| 39.59991|E|region:ET|display=title}} |
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{{Infobox civilian attack |
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| date = 16 and 25-27 November 2020 |
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| title = Bombing of Wukro |
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| location = ] ({{Lang-ti | ውቕሮ}}), ], Ethiopia |
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| map = {{Location map|Ethiopia#Tigray Region|lat_deg = 13.78511 |lon_deg = 39.59991|label = Wukro| border = none | float = center|caption = }} |
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| map_caption = Location of ] in Ethiopia |
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| fatalities = 14 civilians |
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| perps = {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} ] <br> |
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The '''bombing of Wukro''' was a mass ] that took place in ] ({{Lang-ti | ውቕሮ}}) in the ] of ] during the ], 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=]|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= ], ] |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'' ], Eastern zone of Tigray. |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wukro bombing 2020}} |
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==Massacre== |
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Ahead of the ] and ] 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: {{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 ], launched by the ] from its base in ] 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> ] 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> |
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==Perpetrators== |
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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. |
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==Victims== |
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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, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711053137/https://tghat.com/victim-list/ |date=2021-07-11 }}{{Self-published source|date=January 2022}}</ref> |
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==Reactions== |
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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): {{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: {{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) {{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: {{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> |
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