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Hawzen Massacre (1988)
The Hawzen massacre (also transcribed as ''Hawzien'' or ''Hauzien massacre'') was a massacre committed by Derg forces in Ethiopia on 22 June 1988 during the Ethiopian Civil War. On that day, Mig and helicopter gunships adhering to the Third Revolutionary Army (TRA) bombed the marketplace in Hawzen, Tigray Region, Tigray, killing 1,800 to 2,500 civilians and wounding about a thousand. The military justified the attack by claiming thousands of Tigray People's Liberation Front, TPLF fighters had congregated in Hawzen. In addition to the human victims, Camel, camels were reportedly targeted because the rebels used them to transport weapons and supplies. Four ancient Stele, stelae were also toppled in the bombardment. According to former TPLF leader Aregawi Berhe, the attack was made at the direction, or at least tacit permission, of Legesse Asfaw, commander of the armed forces in Tigray. In 2008, five top military officials from the Derg regime were sentenced Capital punishment, to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Civil War
The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea, fought between the Ethiopian military junta known as the Derg and Ethiopian-Eritrean anti-government rebels from 12 September 1974 to 28 May 1991. The Derg overthrew the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie in a 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état, coup d'état on 12 September 1974, establishing Ethiopia as a Communist state, Marxist–Leninist state under a military junta and provisional government. Various opposition groups of ideological affiliations ranging from Communism, Communist to anti-Communist, often drawn from a specific ethnic background, began armed resistance to the Soviet Union, Soviet-backed Derg, in addition to the Eritrean separatism, separatists already fighting in the Eritrean War of Independence. The Derg used military campaigns and the Red Terror (Ethiopia), Qey Shibir (Ethiopian Red Terror) to repress the rebels. By the mid-1980s, various issues such as the 1983–1985 famine in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
