Hitsats massacre

Hitsats massacre
Part of the Tigray War
LocationHitsats refugee camp, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date19 November 2020
TargetEritrean refugees
Attack type
Deaths300[1]
PerpetratorsEritrea Eritrean Defence Forces
Tigray Region Tigrayan militias

The Hitsats massacre was a massacre at Hitsats refugee camp on or around 19 November 2020 during the Tigray War.[1] The civilians killed were 300 Eritrean refugees, according to Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA),[2] and five humanitarian workers, according to The New York Times,[1] Associated Press,[3] and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.[4]

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