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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
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
Arafali Massacre
1970
Arafali
32
Ethiopian Empire
Atshoma Massacre
1970
Atshoma
88
Ethiopian Empire
Basadare Massacre
November 1970
Basadare
112
Ethiopian Empire
Ona Massacre
1 December 1970
Ona
625
Ethiopian Empire
Elabored Massacre
27 January 1971
Elabored
60
Ethiopian Empire
Massacre of the Sixty
23 November 1974
Addis Ababa
60
Derg
Red Terror (Ethiopia)
23 September 1976 – 22 March 1978
Ethiopia
10,000–980,000
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]
Ticha air raid
10 June 1990
Ticha, Shewa
23
[4]
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
Gambela, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
100
ENDF's 43rd Division
[12][13]
Massacre in Addis Ababa
June and November 2005
Addis Ababa
193
Government of Ethiopia during EPRDF's regime
[14]
2012 Gambella bus attack
12 March 2012
Gambella
19
Gunmen with machine guns
[15]
Burayu massacre
14–16 September 2018
Addis Ababa and Burayu, Oromia
58-65
Pro-OLF and "mobs" of Oromo youth, Oromo Liberation Army
[16][17][18]
Shashemene massacre
30 June–2 July 2020
Oromia, Addis Ababa, Shashemene, and Jimma
240+
Organized Oromo youth, Oromo Liberation Army, Ethiopia Ethiopian Federal Police
[19][20]
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.
[21][22]
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
[23][24][25][26][27]
2020 Ethiopia bus attack
November 14, 2020
Benishangul-Gumuz
34
* Gumuz militiamen
[28][29]
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
[30][31][32]
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
[33][34][35]
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
[36][37][38]
Abo church massacre
March 05, 2021
East Welega Zone, Oromia
29 to 40+
Oromo Liberation Army
[39][40]
2021 Ataye clashes
March 18 and April 16, 2021
Amhara region
584+
OLA, ENDF
[41][42][43]
Galikoma massacre
August 05, 2021
Gulina, Afar region
107+
Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)
[44][45]
Chenna massacre
31 August 2021 to 4 September 2021
Dabat, Amhara region
120 to 200
Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)
[46][47][48]
Kobo massacre
September 09, 2021
Kobo (woreda), Amhara region
600+
Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)
[49][50]
Ayisid Kebele massacre
March 3, 2022
Ayisid Kebele, Metekel Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz
11
Oromo Liberation Army
[51][52]
Tole massacre
June 20, 2022
Tole village, West Welega Zone, Oromia
554+
Oromo Liberation Army
[53][54]
Qelem Wollega massacre
June 20, 2022
Kellem, Oromia
308+ killed; 36 injured
Oromo Liberation Army
[55][56][57][58]
Finote Selam drone strike
August 13, 2023
Finote Selam, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region
30
ENDF
[59][60]
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