Incident Report: Dacawalley Village Attack, December 25, 2024
Background
On Wednesday, December 25, 2024, a violent attack occurred in Dacawalley village, located within the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia. Armed forces from the regional government targeted the civilian residents of the village. The attack was reportedly an act of retaliation for the killing of government soldiers a week earlier in the same village. The conflict stems from a longstanding dispute over grazing land between two local clans in the area.
