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24 Jun, 7 tweets, 3 min read
Last week, new footage emerged of the Mahbere Dego massacre in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, on which we previously reported.

We have confirmed this new footage corresponds to the same event by matching features and people across the different videos bellingcat.com/news/2021/06/2…
The new footage contains the same features as the videos that we previously geolocated to two sites just south of Mahbere Dego.

These features include rock formations and a cliff edge.
The new footage also includes images of one of the captives seen in the original videos.

In the original videos, this man is seen in the custody of soldiers wearing army uniforms. In the new footage, the man is seen being executed by the soldiers and thrown off a cliff.
In the new footage, we also see that one of the soldiers conducting the executions has a patch on her shoulder bearing the colours of the Ethiopian national flag.
The emergence of this new footage comes amid continued, widespread reports that Ethiopian government forces and their allies are committing atrocities against Tigray’s civilian population.
We reached out to the Ethiopian embassies in Washington D.C. and London for comment on this story.

While the London embassy responded that they had forwarded our request to relevant officials in Addis Ababa, we received no other response before publication.
Bellingcat and its partners @Newsy and #BBCAfricaEye are continuing to investigate the details of the Mahbere Dego massacre.

Read our previous report here:
bellingcat.com/news/2021/04/0…

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