Between 31 August and 4 September, the TDF occupied the village of Chenna Teklehaymanot in Dabat district in the Amhara Region.

[4][5] According to residents, TDF soldiers arrived demanding food, then killed those who resisted when fighters slaughtered their animals and looted their properties.

[2] Human Rights Watch (HRW) spoke to residents who witnessed 26 civilians summarily executed by TDF fighters in Chenna.

Witnesses also accused the TDF of entering residential areas without allowing civilians to leave and then shooting at Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) positions, effectively utilizing the local population as human shields.

[1][7] An Ethiopian Human Rights Commission investigation found that at least 47 civilians were extrajudicially killed by the TDF in Chenna, some with their hands tied behind their backs.