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Gencide Began
The massacre began with the killing of over 400 Anuak tribe members and more than a dozen Anuak villages. These attacks were made by the Ethiopian military. -
The early morning of December 13
On the morning of December 13 before all the killings happened in Gambella, an unidentified group of people attacked a car containing eight Highlander Government Officals, killing all of them. They then displayed the bodies downtown. -
The Military gets help
The Military ordered hundreds of ethnic Ethiopian "highlanders" living in Gambella to go get their machetes, knives, and spears so that they could join the killings of the Anuak people. -
Military broadens attack
The Ethiopian military broadens its attacks by dispatching troop trucks and helicopters. -
Blaming Oromo Libertarian Front and the Eritean Peoples' Liberation Front
5 days after the killings Gebre-Ab released a statement blaming the killings on Oromo Libertarian Front and the Eritean Peoples' Liberation Front, two forces who have been fighting the Meles regime. -
Governor flees
Governor of the Gambella State Okello Kuai, an Anuak himself fled for his life and he know lives in Europe -
Some Anuaks escape
The massacre continued through April. A dozen Anuak villages have been burned to the ground and over 10,000 Anuak tribe members evacuated to refugee camps in Sudan and Kenya.
