Addis Ababa, April 5, 2022(Walta) – Researchers from the University of Gondar have discovered more mass graves of ethnic Amharas in Welkait- Tegede and Telemt areas that were massacred by TPLF’s tyrannical administration in the areas since 1982.
According to the Amhara Region Government Communication, the University of Gondar has conducted research that revealed the massacre of ethnic Amharas during the TPLF occupation. Accordingly, a new mass grave was found in a place called HalawaWoyane and another hidden prison named Gehanem (Hell) by the researchers.
The researchers also recovered remains from some five graves after conducting intensive research on them. “The two places are very similar to Nazi prisons where large numbers of innocent Israeli were killed… It is synonymous with that. Many thousands of ethnic Amharas had been jailed and left to die,” the research group was quoted as saying.
The discovered jails had been used by TPLF forces for a long time and they used to kill and imprison large numbers of ethnic Amharas in the cells. Due to the indiscriminate killings, prisoners were forced to commit suicide whilst a number of prisoners lost lives due to hunger and disease, the researchers elaborated.
One of the survivors of the infamous Gehanem jail bitterly recalled that they were prisoned in a hole and TPLF forces allowed them to get food and water only once a day. Recalling TPLF’s atrocities in the hidden jails, another survivor highlighted that prisoners had been randomly killed brutally by forces of the criminal group.
The research group proposed to conduct further studies to identify similar cases, it was learned.