Ziban Gedena massacre

The Ziban Gedena massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Ziban Gedena (Tigrinya: ዝባን ገደና) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 4 to 7 December 2020.

[1] Ziban Gedena is a village that belongs to woreda Tahtay Adiyabo, northwestern zone of Tigray.

The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed 150 up to 300 civilians in Ziban Gedena (NW Tigray) on 4 to 7 December 2020.

[9] For this specific massacre, Eritrean and Ethiopian officials did not respond to questions.

Billene Seyoum, spox of the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed denied that farmers were prevented from ploughing.