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| date = 16 November 2021 |
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| title = Wukro shelling |
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| title = Bombing of Wukro |
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| location = ] ({{Lang-ti | ዉቅሮ}}), ], Ethiopia |
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| location = ] ({{Lang-ti | ዉቅሮ}}), ], Ethiopia |
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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 November 2021.<ref name="france24">France24, 16 March 2020: </ref> People were hiding in their houses and 14 civilians <ref name="atlas"/> were killed in the shelling that involved the intervention of the Ethiopian Airforce and "Pterosaurus" drones, 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>{{Dubious|date=March 2021}} ] 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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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 November 2021.<ref name="france24">France24, 16 March 2020: </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 ] 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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Analysts interpreted the identity of the perpetrators of drone attacks as United Arab Emirates,Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
The series of massacres in Wukro received international attention in media articles. The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”, that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly with regard its Annex A, that lists the massacres.
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