location: Asmara
notes: Members of the security forces shot and killed at least 11 people in the capital, Asmara. The killings took place when several national service conscripts tried to escape while they were being transported in an army truck. In addition to the conscripts, bystanders were also killed. The killings had not been investigated by the end of 2016.
target_text: location: Asmara, fatalities: 11