The Zamr massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Zamr () in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 3 March 2021.Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation Zamr is a village that belongs to tabiya Simret, woreda Bizet, Eastern zone of Tigray.
Massacre The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed seven civilian youngsters in Zamr (Central Tigray) on 3 March 2021.
Perpetrators AssenaTV reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Eritrean soldiers.
Victims The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions seven victims of this massacre, all of whom have been identified.TGHAT, A compilation of the verified list of civilian victims from different sources
Reactions The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”, that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly regarding its Annex A, that lists massacres in the Tigray War.The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in TigrayEuroNews, 2 April 2021 – See film embedded in the news item: G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Ethiopia's Tigray regionCBC, 2 April 2021: As It Happens: The Friday Edition (from 28:00 to 35:30) Tigray, Ethiopia MassacreThe Guardian, 2 April 2021: Ethiopia: 1,900 people killed in massacres in Tigray identified
After months of denial by the Ethiopian authorities that massacres occurred in Tigray, a joint investigation by OHCHR and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission was announced in March 2021.France24, 18 March 2021: UN rights chief agrees to joint Tigray probe
While the Ethiopian government promised that Eritrean troops will be pulled out from Tigray, the Eritrean government denies any participation in warfare in Tigray, let alone in massacres.DW, 19 March 2021: Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray?
References
External links World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray