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| Kobo massacre | |
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  Kobo | |
| Location | Kobo, Ethiopia |
| Date | 9 September 2021 |
Attack type | Mass killing |
| Deaths | 600 civilians |
| Perpetrators | Tigray Defense Forces |
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The Kobo massacre was anextrajudicial killing that took place in Kobo district and Kobo towninNorth Wollo Zone of the Amhara RegionofEthiopia during the Tigray War, on 9 September 2021.[1][2]
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Residents told VOA News that the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) killed 600 civilians in Kobo in the Amhara Region.[3] According to locals, the on 9 September TDF fighters entered villages in Kobo district searching for weapons, but the farmers were able to repel the soldiers from the villages. As TDF fighters withdrew from the villages to Kobo town, they attacked men and teenage boys who were working their fields in retaliation.[1][2]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) spoke to residents of Kobo town who witnessed 23 civilians summarily executed by the TDF in that town on 9 September in retaliation for attacks by farmers earlier that day.[2] The TDF has denied committing atrocities.[1]
A report by Al Jazeera described it as "the most extensive yet of one of the deadliest known killings of Amhara in the war."[4]
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission expressed their concern regarding the incident on Twitter:[5]
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is alarmed by disturbing reports it is receiving about allegations of deliberate attacks against civilians in Kobo town and surrounding rural towns by TPLF fighters including shelling on civilian areas, house to house search and killings, looting and destruction of civilian infrastructure. While EHRC continues with its investigation, it reiterates its repeated call on the obligation of all parties to the conflict to protect civilians at all times.
— Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
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