Close up of the Yekatit 12 massacre monument in Addis Ababa, depicting victims of the massacre

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   Zecharias Zelalem (zekuzelalem@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 06:06:29 JST Zecharias Zelalem

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   From 1935-1941, Italian war crimes in Ethiopia are estimated (by Ethiopian accounts) to have cost the lives of over 500k civilians.

   Gen Rodolfo Graziani oversaw ground operations for Mussolini. In response to a 1937 failed assassination attempt by Ethiopian resistance that wounded him, Italians went on a 72 hour killing spree that is said to have killed over 30,000 civilians in Addis Ababa.

   A sombre ceremony is held every February to commemorate the victims. This is a monument to them.