Badush prison massacre
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Badush prison massacre | |
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Part of Shia prisoners | |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting |
Deaths | 670–1,000+[1] |
Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Defender | Iraq |
On 10 June 2014, the
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.[4] There were 39 Indian construction workers who were executed in the region.[5]
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.[6]
References
- ^ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/isil-committed-war-crimes-at-mosul-prison-un-investigation-finds
- ^ Nebehay, Stephanie; Rasheed, Ahmed (25 August 2014). "U.N. accuses Islamic State of mass killings". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Iraq: ISIS Executed Hundreds of Prison Inmates". Human Rights Watch. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Security forces find mass grave of 500 bodies in Badush Prison, near Mosul". Iraqi News. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Indians killed in Iraq: Visuals of 'burial mound' where bodies were found". The Economic Times. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Iraq removes remains of 123 people killed by Islamic State in bid to identify victims". news.yahoo.com. 13 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-14.