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Execution video from 2021 filmed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, not in Amhara

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Summary
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67% Informative

A 19-second clip posted on Facebook on May 15, 2025 , is accompanied by text in Amharic that reads: “Do not ask me why I must support Fano” Independent investigations have already revealed that this footage shows the extrajudicial killings of civilians allegedly carried out by the military in the Tigray region back in 2021 .

VR Score

49

Informative language

38

Neutral language

14

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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