| Date: | 8 May 2021 |
| Guh massacre | |
| Location: | Guh, Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
| Partof: | Tigray War |
| Fatalities: | 19 civilians |
| Target: | Tigrayans |
| Type: | |
| Perps: |  Eritrean Defence Forces |
The Guh massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Guh in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 8 May 2021.[1] [2] Guh is a village that belongs to tabiya Debre Selam, woreda Hawzen, Eastern zone of Tigray. It is a small rural settlement on steep slopes below the fifth-century rock-hewn church of Abuna Yemata.
The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed 19 civilians in Guh (Eastern Tigray) on 8 May 2021.[1] Most of the victims in the attack were women and young children.
The Guardian reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Eritrean soldiers.[1] Witnesses mention that one female Eritrean soldier was leading the massacre.[3]
The Guardian mentions 19 victims of this massacre,[1] 16 of whom have been identified.[4]
The Guardian stated that this additional report of a 'cold-blooded' killing of unarmed civilians, including young children, will add to 'international pressure' on Ethiopian authorities for a ceasefire to stem such abuses and allow humanitarian aid into Tigray.[1]
After months of denial by the Ethiopian authorities that massacres occurred in Tigray, a joint investigation by OHCHR and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission was announced in March 2021.[5]
While the Ethiopian government promised that Eritrean troops would be pulled out of Tigray, the Eritrean government denies any participation in warfare or massacres in Tigray.[6]