The She'eb massacre was an act of

mass murder Mass murder is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity. The United States Congress defines mass killings as the killings of three or more pe ...

committed against the Eritrean civilian population in She'eb during the Eritrean War of Independence by Ethiopian military forces during the spring of 1988, towards the end of the Ethiopian Civil War.

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The entire town was raised and burnt to the ground in 1988, and the people who had not been able to flee were ordered to assemble and subsequently run over with tanks while those trying to flee were shot. The massacre left about 400 people dead, including many elderly and children who had not been able to flee in advance. They proceeded to kill at least 100 more civilians in neighboring villages.Brenda K. Uekert
"Rivers of Blood: A Comparative Study of Government Massacres"
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