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Ethiopian Rights Commission Alleges 'Atrocious Massacre' in Tigray

James Butty

   Ethiopia's government-appointed human rights commission has accused a
   youth group in the rebellious Tigray region of carrying out "an
   atrocious massacre" of hundreds of civilians, aided by Tigrayan
   security forces.

   The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a preliminary
   reportalleging at least 600 people were killed in the Tigray region
   town of Mai-Kadra on November 9.

     From Nov. 14-19, [1]@EthioHRC deployed experts to [2]#Ethiopia's
     Maikadra to carry out an investigation.
     The probe finds atrocity crimes which may amount to crimes against
     humanity & war crimes were committed by 'Samri' group, aided &
     abetted by then-local admin, police & militia
     [3]pic.twitter.com/IqMfmKzA7N
     -- Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (@EthioHRC) [4]November 24,
     2020

   It said a group of youths informally known as Samri targeted ethnic
   Amhara and Welkait men, "beating them with sticks, stabbing them with
   knives, machetes and hatchets and strangling them with ropes."

   The commission suggested the death toll could be higher because some
   bodies could be in the farm fields surrounding the town.

   The youths were "aided and abetted" by local militia and police, before
   fleeing from the advancing Ethiopian National Defense Force, the
   commission charged.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/EthioHRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ethiopia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://t.co/IqMfmKzA7N
   4. https://twitter.com/EthioHRC/status/1331220839983964163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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