Mahbere Dego massacres

Mahbere Dego massacres
Part of Tigray War
Mahbere Dego is located in Tigray Region
Mahbere Dego
Mahbere Dego
Mahbere Dego is located in Ethiopia
Mahbere Dego
Mahbere Dego
Location of Mahbere Dego in Tigray (Ethiopia)
LocationMahbere Dego, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date16–18 January 2021
TargetTigrayans
Attack type
Deaths50–74 civilians
Perpetrators Ethiopian National Defense Force

The Mahbere Dego massacres were mass extrajudicial killings that took place in Mahbere Dego (Tigrinya: ማሕበረ ደጎ) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 16–18 January 2021.[1] Mahbere Dego is a small town that belongs to woreda Na’ider, Central zone of Tigray.

  1. ^ Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Ghekiere, R., Haegeman, K., Temmerman, D., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation, version 2.1. Ghent (Belgium): Ghent University, Department of Geography Archived 2021-10-13 at archive.today