Kunama Massacre: Eritrean forces massacred 35 ethnic minority Kunama civilians in NW Tigray – ‘We saw innocent people being slaughtered like goats’

My name is Awa Abuna. I came from Eritrea and used to live in Shimelba refugee camp … When the war broke out in Nov. 2020, we fled to Sheraro town. Since then we have been living with Tigray’s Kunama community. We were in Shimblina. We saw innocent people being slaughtered like goats [by Eritrean soldiers]. Some bodies were not buried. They were eaten by hyenas. My son Tibili is among the victims. They slaughtered him like goats. The Kunama community has endured unspeakable atrocities.

Translation by Fitwi Desta

Awa Abuna, an Eritrean refugee, shares horrifying details of the #KunamaMassacre in Shimbilina (NW Tigray) perpetrated by Eritrean soldiers.

"We saw innocent people getting slaughtered like goats," she says. Her son, Tibili, was among the victims.#Justice4Tigray #TigrayGenocide pic.twitter.com/kXqBWSf5wb

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