Shire in the Tigray war

IDP camp in Shire, April 2021.
Entrance of a crowded school that was converted into a camp for displaced families, 11 June 2021.

The town of Shire was notable in the Tigray War for its role as a major centre of internally displaced people,[1][2] for the shelling of civilians,[3] for being looted,[4] and for massacres in November 2020 and February 2021.[1]

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  2. ^ Cara, Anna (2021-03-11). "'People are starving': New exodus in Ethiopia's Tigray area". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. ^ "Ethiopia: Unlawful Shelling of Tigray Urban Areas". Human Rights Watch. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. ^ "'Slaughtered like chickens': Eritrea heavily involved in Tigray conflict, say eyewitnesses". The Guardian. 2020-12-21. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-11-21.