Zamr massacre

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LocationZamr (Tigrinya: ዛምር), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date3 March 2021
TargetTigrayan youth
Attack type
Zamr massacre
Part of Tigray War
Zamr is located in Tigray Region
Zamr
Zamr
Zamr is located in Ethiopia
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Zamr
Location of Zamr in Tigray (Ethiopia)
LocationZamr (Tigrinya: ዛምር), Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Date3 March 2021
TargetTigrayan youth
Attack type
Deaths7 civilians
PerpetratorsEritrea Eritrean Defence Forces

The Zamr massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Zamr (Tigrinya: ዛምር) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 3 March 2021.[1] Zamr is a village that belongs to tabiya Simret, woreda Bizet, Eastern zone of Tigray.

The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed seven civilian youngsters in Zamr (Central Tigray) on 3 March 2021.[1]

Perpetrators

AssenaTV reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Eritrean soldiers.[2]

Victims

The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions seven victims of this massacre,[1] all of whom have been identified.[2]

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