The Awdiinle Massacre was a massacre of over three hundred Somali civilians carried out by Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission to Somalia on Sunday July 17, 2016. The massacre occurred in the village of Awdiinle, 30 km west of Baidoa.[1][2]
Events
Ethiopian troops attacked a house where a local religious leader was reading the Qur'an. Locals allege the attack was carried out as retribution for an Al-Shabab ambush suffered by the Ethiopians.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Deg Deg dhageyso Ciidanka Ethopia oo xasuuq kageestay Gobalka Baay awdiinle koonfur galbeed soomaaliya". Wadani News24 Online (in Somali). 17 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Ciidamada Itoobiya oo xasuuq naxdin leh ka geystay degaan u dhow Magaalada Baydhaba". Goobjooge.com (in Somali). 17 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Ethiopian troops shoot 13 unarmed civilians' in Somalia". Mareeg. 18 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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