Eritrean troops committed a likely crime against humanity in Ethiopia's Tigray region when they systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on 28-29 November 2020.
Eritrean Troops’ Massacre of Hundreds of Axum Civilians May Amount to Crime Against Humanity
February 25, 2021
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Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on November 28-29, 2020, opening fire in the streets and conducting house-to-house raids in a massacre that may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International said today in a new report.
Amnesty International spoke to 41 survivors and witnesses – including in-person interviews with recently arrived refugees in eastern Sudan and phone interviews with people in Axum – as well as 20 others with knowledge of the events. They consistently described extrajudicial executions, indiscriminate shelling and widespread looting after Ethiopian and Eritrean troops led an offensive to take control of the city amid the conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in mid-November.