List of massacres in Ethiopia

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Ethiopia (numbers may be approximate):

Name  | Date  | Location  | Deaths  | Perpetrator  | Notes

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Islamgee massacre | 9 April 1868  | Islamgee  | 307  | Soldiers of Tewodros II | [1][2]
Gondrand massacre | 13 February 1936  | Mai Lahlà  | 120  |  Ethiopian Empire |
Yekatit 12 | 19–21 February 1937  | Addis Ababa | 19,200-30,000  |  Kingdom of Italy |
Massacre of the Sixty | 23 November 1974  | Addis Ababa | 60  |  Derg |
Wukro air raid | 8 April–3 May 1988  | Wukro, Tigray | 176  |  |
Hawzen massacre | 22 June 1988  | Hawzen, Tigray | 2,500  |  Derg | [3]
Sheraro air raid | 12 December 1988  | Sheraro, Tigray | 8  |  | [4]
Chercher air raid | 9 September 1989  | Chercher, Tigray | 148  |  | [4]
Gobye air raid | 9–10 September 1989  | Gobye, Wollo | 22  |  | [4]
Mekelle air raid | 27–29 October 1989  | Mekelle, Tigray | 31  |  | [4]
Nefas Mewcha air raid | 13 January 1990  | Nefas Mewcha, Gondar | 23  |  | [4]
Isitayoh air raid | 28 January 1990  | Isitayoh, Wollo | 40  |  | [4]
Didessa massacre  | 29 June 2003  | Didessa  | 17  | Soldier Jaafar  | [5]
Gambela massacre | December 2003  | Gambela, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region | 100  | ENDF's 43rd Division  | [6][7]
Ticha air raid | 10 June 1990  | Ticha, Shewa | 23  |  | [4]
Massacre in Addis Ababa | June and November 2005  | Addis Ababa | 193  |  Government of Ethiopia during EPRDF's regime  | [8]
2012 Gambella bus attack | 12 March 2012  | Gambella | 19  | Gunmen with machine guns  | [9]
Burayu massacre | 14–16 September 2018  | Addis Ababa and Burayu, Oromia | 58-65  | Pro-OLF and "mobs" of Oromo youth,  Oromo Liberation Army | [10][11][12]
Shashemene massacre | 30 June–2 July 2020  | Oromia, Addis Ababa, Shashemene, and Jimma | 240+  | Organized Oromo youth,  Oromo Liberation Army,  Ethiopia Ethiopian Federal Police | [13][14]
Humera massacre | November 2020  | Humera, Tigray | 92  |

* Amharan militias/Fano
* ENDF

Gawa Qanqa massacre | 2 November 2020  | Gawa Qanqa, West Welega Zone | 32-54  |  Oromo Liberation Army. (Disputed) with  Ethiopian Government. Allegation of collaboration.  | [15][16]
Mai Kadra massacre | 9–10 November 2020  | Mai Kadra, Disputed land between Amhara and Tigray | 1100+  |

* Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)
* Pro-TPLF militias
* Ethiopian National Defence Force
* Pro-Ethiopia militias

| [17][18][19][20][21]
2020 Ethiopia bus attack | November 14, 2020 | Benishangul-Gumuz | 34  | *  Gumuz militiamen  | [22][23]
Hitsats massacre | November 19, 2020 | Hitsats refugee camp | 300  |

* Eritrea
* Tigray People's Liberation Front

Kombolcha massacre | October 30, 2021 | Kombolcha, Amhara region | 100+  | Tigray forces: TPLF and  TDF | [24][25][26]
Aksum massacre | 19 November–20 December 2020  | Aksum | 720-800  |  Eritrea |
Hagere Selam massacres | 4–14 December 2020  | Hagere Selam and Addi Qoylo | 90  |

* Ethiopian National Defence Force
* Eritrea

Metekel massacre | 22–23 December 2020  | Bikuji, Benishangul-Gumuz | 142+  |

* Gumuz militiamen
* Oromo Liberation Army

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Debre Abbay massacre | 5–6 January 2021  | Debre Abbay, Tigray | 40  |  Ethiopian National Defence Force |
Kola Tembien February 2021 massacres | February 10, 2021 | Kola Tembien, Tigray  | 182  |

* Ethiopian National Defense Force
* Eritrea

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Abo church massacre | March 05, 2021 | East Welega Zone, Oromia | 29 to 40+  |  Oromo Liberation Army | [33][34]
2021 Ataye clashes | March 18 and April 16, 2021  | Amhara region | 584+  |  OLA,  ENDF | [35][36][37]
Galikoma massacre | August 05, 2021 | Gulina, Afar region | 107+  | Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) | [38][39]
Chenna massacre | 31 August 2021 to 4 September 2021  | Dabat, Amhara region | 120 to 200  | Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) | [40][41][42]
Kobo massacre | September 09, 2021 | Kobo (woreda), Amhara region | 600+  | Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) | [43][44]
Ayisid Kebele massacre | March 3, 2022 | Ayisid Kebele, Metekel Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz | 11  |  Oromo Liberation Army | [45][46]
Tole massacre | June 20, 2022 | Tole village, West Welega Zone, Oromia | 554+  |  Oromo Liberation Army | [47][48]
Qelem Wollega massacre | June 20, 2022 | Kellem, Oromia | 308+ killed; 36 injured  |  Oromo Liberation Army | [49][50][51][52]
Finote Selam drone strike | August 13, 2023 | Finote Selam, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region | 30  |  ENDF | [53][54]
Killings of the Koore people | 1994 to present  | Amaro woreda zone; Gedeo; West Guji | Ongoing. 52+ killed; 15+ injured; Hundreds of IDPs from the conflict areas. Civilians homes burned down and livestocks stolen  | OLF or OLF-shene, militants from various ethnic groups in SNNPR and Oromia regions  | [55][56][57]
Civilians killing in Konso | 1994 to present  | Konso | Ongoing. 83+ killed; 57+ injured; 1 million+ displaced; Civilian houses burned down  | Various militants from  and  regions  | [58][59][60]

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