
After the Battle of Adwa ended in the defeast of the Italians, 800 Eritrean askari, captured by Emperor Menelik’s forces and regarded as traitors, had their right hands and left feet amputated.
“….Emperor Menelik II was against the practice of mutilation. Nonetheless, significant figures around him, including his wife Taitu, the Abune, and Tigrayan leader Ras Mengesha Yohannes, son of Emperor Yohannes IV, advocated for this severe punishment…”
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https://africanarguments.org/2024/04/ad ... -veterans/





