Badush prison massacre

Badush prison massacre
Badush prison massacre
Part of Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)
Location	Badush, Iraq
Coordinates	36°24′55″N 42°58′17″E / 36.415278°N 42.971389°ECoordinates: 36°24′55″N 42°58′17″E / 36.415278°N 42.971389°E
Date	10 June 2014
Target	Badush prisoners
Attack type	Mass murder, Terrorism
Deaths	670
Perpetrators	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Defender	Iraq

On 10 June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) killed at least 670 Shia prisoners in an attack on Badush prison. ISIL first separated out the Sunni inmates before executing the remaining prisoners.^[1]^[2]

On 11 March 2017, the Popular Mobilization Forces announced that they had discovered a mass grave containing the remains of 500 prisoners executed by ISIS in the prison.^[3] There were 39 Indian construction workers who were executed in the region.^[4]

On 13 June 2021, it was reported that Iraqi authorities had removed the remains of 123 people murdered by ISIL during the prison attack from a mass grave to identify them using DNA from relatives.^[5]

References[]

^ Nebehay, Stephanie; Rasheed, Ahmed (25 August 2014). "U.N. accuses Islamic State of mass killings". Reuters. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
^ "Iraq: ISIS Executed Hundreds of Prison Inmates". Human Rights Watch. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "Security forces find mass grave of 500 bodies in Badush Prison, near Mosul". Iraqi News.
^ "Indians killed in Iraq: Visuals of 'burial mound' where bodies were found". The Economic Times. 20 March 2018.
^ "Iraq removes remains of 123 people killed by Islamic State in bid to identify victims". news.yahoo.com (in American English). Retrieved 2021-06-14.

External links[]

https://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/incidents/m2817

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[1] Nebehay, Stephanie; Rasheed, Ahmed (25 August 2014). "U.N. accuses Islamic State of mass killings". Reuters. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

[2] "Iraq: ISIS Executed Hundreds of Prison Inmates". Human Rights Watch. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[3] "Security forces find mass grave of 500 bodies in Badush Prison, near Mosul". Iraqi News.

[4] "Indians killed in Iraq: Visuals of 'burial mound' where bodies were found". The Economic Times. 20 March 2018.

[5] "Iraq removes remains of 123 people killed by Islamic State in bid to identify victims". news.yahoo.com (in American English). Retrieved 2021-06-14.

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