The December 2020 Gijet massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Gijet () in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 30 December 2020.Annys, S., Vanden Bempt, T., Negash, E., De Sloover, L., Nyssen, J., 2021. Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation Gijet is the central town of woreda Saharti, southeastern zone of Tigray.
Massacre The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) killed 21 youngsters, including a seven-year-old child in Gijet (SE Tigray) on 30 December 2020.Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42 - 31 December 2020
Typical massacres committed by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers in the Tigray war are (1) revenge when they lose a battle; (2) to terrorise and extract information about whereabouts of TPLF leaders; (3) murder of suspected family members of TDF fighters; and (4) terrorising the Tigray society as a whole such as in case of mass killings in churches.The World radio (2 April 2021): Counting the victims in Tigray
Perpetrators Dimtsi Woyane reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being the Ethiopian army.
Victims The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions 21 victims of this massacre.
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.EuroNews, 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
See also Murders and massacres in the Tigray War Timeline of the Tigray War – December 2020 February 2021 Saharti-Samre massacres, including another 120 people killed in Gijet March 2021 Saharti-Samre massacres, including another 123 people killed in Gijet
References
External links World Peace Foundation: Starving Tigray