What the records say
- When
- 22 Aug 2014
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 33.94° N, 45.13° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Musab bin Umair mosque massacre.
Musab bin Umair mosque massacre
Massacre of Sunni Iraqis by a Shi'a paramilitary
On 22 August 2014, Shia militants killed at least 73 people in an attack on the Sunni Musab bin Omair mosque in the Imam Wais village of Diyala Province, Iraq. The attack occurred during Jumu'ah and at the time of the attack, there were about 150 worshippers at the mosque. The attack took place during the Northern Iraq offensive by the Islamic State (IS) against the Iraqi government.
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