Ziban Gedena massacre

Ziban Gedena massacre
Part of Tigray War
Ziban Gedena is located in Tigray Region
Ziban Gedena
Ziban Gedena
Ziban Gedena is located in Ethiopia
Ziban Gedena
Ziban Gedena
Location of Ziban Gedena in Tigray (Ethiopia)
LocationZiban Gedena (Tigrinya: ዝባን ገደና), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date4 to 7 December 2020
TargetTigrayans
Attack type
Deaths150[1]-300[2] civilians
PerpetratorsEritrea Eritrean Defence Forces

The Ziban Gedena massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Ziban Gedena (Tigrinya: ዝባን ገደና) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 4 to 7 December 2020.[1] Ziban Gedena is a village that belongs to woreda Tahtay Adiyabo, northwestern zone of Tigray.

  1. ^ a b Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation Archived 2021-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ UN briefing, as reported by Reuters, 15 June 2021: UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray Archived 2021-08-23 at the Wayback Machine