What the records say
- When
- 10 Jun 2014
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 670
- Where
- Badush, Nineveh
- Coordinates
- 36.41° N, 42.96° E
- Wounded
- 0
- Target
- Police
- Weapon
- Explosives, Firearms
- Outcome
- Carried out
- Claimed
- Yes, posted to website, blog, etc.
Summary
Assailants stormed Badush prison in Badush city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The assailants separated the Shia and Sunni prisoners, releasing the Sunni inmates and killing 670 Shia prisoners. This was one of six coordinated incidents on the same day and one of three similar attacks targeting jails and prisons in the area. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
From the Global Terrorism Database’s own summary of the attack.
The source
- Global Terrorism DatabaseSTART, University of MarylandGTD terms of use: non-commercial, no redistribution
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