Gondrand massacre

Gondrand Massacre
Part of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Victims of the massacre
LocationNear Mai Lahlà, Ethiopia
DateFebruary 13, 1936
TargetItalian workers of the Gondrand Company
Victims68 killed
27 wounded
4 missing
40 Ethiopian soldiers killed
Perpetrators Imperial Ethiopian Army

The Gondrand massacre was a 1936 Ethiopian attack on Italian workers of the Gondrand company. It was publicized by Fascist Italy in an attempt to justify its ongoing invasion of Ethiopia.[1][2][3]

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