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{{Short description|2021 ethnic cleansing in Amhara Region, Ethiopia}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title         = Shewa Robit ambulance massacre
| partof        = the [[OLA insurgency]]
| caption       =
| location      = [[Shewa Robit]], Amhara Region, [[Ethiopia]]
| target        = Ethnic Oromo militants
| coordinates   =
| date          = 21 March 2021
| type          = [[Murder]]
| fatalities    = 12
| injuries      = 0
| perpetrators  = [[Fano (nationalist movement)|Fano militia]] (claimed)
| weapons       =
}}
On 21 March 2021, 12 ethnic Oromo militants were killed while in an ambulance riding through the town of [[Shewa Robit]]. [[Fano (nationalist movement)|Fano militia]] has been suspected as a perpetrator of an attack.
==Background==
In the days leading up to the attack [[2021 Ataye clashes|clashes]] between Amhara and Oromo militias in and around the towns of [[Ataye]] and [[Kamisee]] left hundreds dead and thousands displaced.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death toll from clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara may be 200: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/25/ethiopias-amhara-region-ethnic-violence-death-toll-hits-200 |access-date=5 September 2021 |agency=Al-Jazeera |date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
==Attack==
After fighting in the region around Ataye, a dozen of civilians that had been injured in the clashes were on their way to be taken to the much larger hospital, Yifat Hospital in [[Shewa Robit]]. The ambulance was stopped and 12 civilians were pulled from the ambulance and then beaten and stabbed to death. HRLHA's source identified suspects linked with Fano militia.<ref>{{cite news |title=ETHIOPIA: APPEAL FOR URGENT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO SHEWA ROBIT MASSACRE OF MARCH 21, 2021! |url=https://www.humanrightsleague.org/?p=16826 |access-date=2 September 2021 |agency=HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE OF THE HORN OF AFRICA |date=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ANALYSIS: HORRIFYING ACCOUNTS OF VIOLENCE IN AMHARA REGION; FED. OMBUDSMAN SLAMS REGIONAL GOVT. PERFORMANCE, SAYS 303 KILLED SO FAR |url=https://addisstandard.com/analysis-horrifying-accounts-of-violence-in-amhara-region-fed-ombudsman-slams-regional-govt-performance-says-303-killed-so-far/ |website=Addis standard |date=9 April 2021 |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EPO WEEKLY: 3-9 APRIL 2021 |url=https://epo.acleddata.com/2021/04/14/epo-weekly-3-9-april-2021/ |website=Ethiopian Peace Observatory |date=14 April 2021 |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
==Victims==
List of victims that have been identified.<ref>{{cite news |title=ETHIOPIA: APPEAL FOR URGENT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO SHEWA ROBIT MASSACRE OF MARCH 21, 2021! |url=https://www.humanrightsleague.org/?p=16826 |access-date=2 September 2021 |agency=HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE OF THE HORN OF AFRICA |date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
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*Umarsha Umar Yusuf	(45)
*Ahmed Aliyi Hassan (60)
*Hassan Ahmed Jilo (62)
*Sheh Umer Haji Hassan (40)
*Hassan Mohamed Haji (25)
*Mohamed Aliyi Umar (40)
*Abdushe Umar Baza (55)
*Adam Abdushe Umar (25)
*Mohamed Aliyi Hassen (30)
*Ismael Mohammed (35)
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== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Oromo conflict}}
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[[Category:2021 murders in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Massacres in 2021]]
[[Category:Massacres of the OLA insurgency]]
[[Category:Attacks on ambulances]]
[[Category:2021 road incidents in Africa]]
[[Category:Road incidents in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents against transport in Africa]]
[[Category:Mass stabbings in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:History of the Amhara Region]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Ethiopia in the 2020s]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2021]]
[[Category:Nationalist terrorism]]
[[Category:March 2021 events in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:March 2021 crimes in Africa]]
[[Category:Stabbing attacks in 2021]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents against road transport]]
[[Category:Health disasters in Ethiopia]]