What the records say
- When
- 19 Feb 1937 – 21 Feb 1937
- Kind
- Pogrom
- Deaths
- 19,200
- Coordinates
- 9.02° N, 38.75° E
- Description
- massacre of Ethiopian civilians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un attentat manqué contre le maréchal Graziani, vice-roi d’Éthiopie, aboutit au massacre d’au moins civils éthiopiens à Addis-Abeba par les fascistes italiens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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