What the records say
- When
- 31 Aug 1996
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 48
- Coordinates
- 36.19° N, 44.01° E
- Description
- 1996 army assault on the Iraqi Turkmen Front
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1996 Erbil massacre
1996 army assault on the Iraqi Turkmen Front
The 1996 Erbil massacre happened during raids on the Iraqi Turkmen Front in Erbil by the Iraqi Armed Forces, and the killing of 48 people and 700 opponents of Saddam regime and the arrest of 38, on August 31, 1996.
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