What the records say
- When
- 2 Nov 2020
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 54
- Coordinates
- 9.20° N, 34.88° E
- Injured
- 0
Gawa Qanqa massacre
November 2020 school attack in West Wolega Zone of Oromia Region in Ethiopia
On November 2nd, 2020, allegedly a group of up to 60 gunmen attacked a schoolyard in the village of Gawa Qanqa in the Guliso District of West Welega Zone in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, killing 32-54 people. The state-run Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said the attack had targeted people of the Amhara ethnic group.
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