What the records say
- When
- 22 Jun 1988
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 1,800
- Coordinates
- 13.98° N, 39.43° E
- Description
- 1988 massacre
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Hawzen massacre (1988)
The Hawzen 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, killing 1,800 to 2,500 civilians and wounding about a thousand.
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