Gimbi massacre
| Gimbi massacre | |
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| Part of the Oromo conflict | |
Gimbi massacre (Ethiopia) | |
| Location | 9°03′59″N 36°06′03″E / 9.066269824024126°N 36.100787072783426°E Tole, Gimbi, Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| Date | 18 June 2022 |
| Deaths | 450 |
| Victims | Amhara civilians |
| Perpetrators | Oromo Liberation Army (denied by OLA) |
| Part of a series on |
| Terrorism |
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On 18 June 2022, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) was accused of massacring over 400 Amhara civilians in the Gimbi county of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Witnesses said that the OLA intentionally targeted ethnic Amhara people. This attack is part of a series of Amhara massacres that occurred in 2022.
A witness told the Associated Press he had counted at least 230 bodies and said he was "afraid this is the deadliest attack against civilians we have seen in our lifetime" and that mass graves were being dug for victims. One resident told reporters that the death toll surpassed 320, while Amnesty International reports that over 450 people were killed.
The government and the witnesses accused the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) for carrying out the attack in Tole and surroundings, but the OLA denied that their troops were present, and put the blame on the government forces. The government and local security forces were accused by witnesses of not intervening during the five-hour long massacre.