What the records say
- When
- 18 Aug 2021
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 210
- Coordinates
- 9.75° N, 35.83° E
- Description
- ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia; part of OLA insurgency
Placed at the town its title names, Gida Kiremu.
2021 Gida Kiremu massacres
Ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia; part of OLA insurgency
The Gida Kiremu massacres refers to a series of attacks between 18 and 20 August 2021 when the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) targeted Amhara civilians in Gida Kiremu, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, killing over 210. The attack on 18 August killed 150 Amhara civilians, and reprisal attacks by Amhara militias killed 60 mostly-Oromo civilians the day after.
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