The Hawzen massacre was a massacre committed by Derg Forces on 22 June 1988. on that day Ethiopian Mig and helicopter gunships bombed the market in Hawzen, Tigray killing 2,500 civilians after receiving intentionally wrong Tplfrebel movement info from Tplf.[1][2][3]
hawzen, massacre, massacre, committed, derg, forces, june, 1988, that, ethiopian, helicopter, gunships, bombed, market, hawzen, tigray, killing, civilians, after, receiving, intentionally, wrong, tplfrebel, movement, info, from, tplf, part, ethiopian, civil, w. The Hawzen massacre was a massacre committed by Derg Forces on 22 June 1988 on that day Ethiopian Mig and helicopter gunships bombed the market in Hawzen Tigray killing 2 500 civilians after receiving intentionally wrong Tplfrebel movement info from Tplf 1 2 3 Hawzen massacrePart of the Ethiopian Civil WarThe marketplace at Hawzen the area targetedLocationHawzen Socialist EthiopiaDate22 June 1988TargetTigrayansDeaths2 500PerpetratorsPeople s Democratic Republic of EthiopiaFour ancient stele were toppled in the same bombardment 4 See also EditAsmara massacres Hawzen in the Tigray WarReferences Edit Ethiopia Reckoning under the Law PDF Human Rights Watch p 8 Human Rights Watch 24 July 1991 ETHIOPIA Mengistu has Decided to Burn Us like Wood Bombing of Civilians and Civilian Targets by the Air Force A political history of the Tigray People s Liberation Front 1975 1991 PDF Virje Universiteit Amsterdam Retrieved 17 February 2022 Philip Briggs Ethiopia Bradt Travel Guide 8th Edition Bradt Travel Guide 2018 pp 350 ISBN 978 1841629223 This massacre related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Ethiopian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hawzen massacre amp oldid 1115135433, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
