Ethiopia Bayraktar TB2 drone Tigray school attack
Ethiopia's government used a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone in January 2022 to attack civilians sheltering in a school during its 16-month conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). According to the Washington Post , at least 59 civilians died and 30 were wounded, including children, during the strike. Remnants of weapons recovered from the school by aid workers showed 'internal components and screw configurations matched images of Turkish-made MAM-L munitions'. MAM-L weaponry pair exclusively with Bayraktar TB2 drones. Run by Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law Selçuk Bayraktar, Baykar has supplied Ukraine, Poland, Qatar, Libya, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Azerbaijan with armed autonomous drones. The incident raised concerns about the ethics of using autonomous drones in conflict situations. System 🤖 Bayraktar TB2 🔗 Operator: Ethiopian National Defense Force ( ENDF ) Developer: Baykar Defence Country: Ethiopia Sector: Govt - defence Purpose: Kill/maim/damage/destroy Technology: Drone; Object recognition Issue: Lethal autonomous weapons
- Date it happened
- 2022-01-01
- Organisation involved
- Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)
- Product, system or model
- Bayraktar TB2
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