What the records say
- When
- 16 Mar 1988
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 100,000
- Coordinates
- 35.18° N, 45.98° E
- Description
- massacre against the Kurdish people that took place in Halabja, Iraq on March 16, 1988
5 sources record it
- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Halabja chemical attack is carried out by Iraqi government forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Халабдже, Иракский Курдистан, иракские войска использовали химическое оружие против мирного населения”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “الهجوم الكيميائي على حلبجة في العراق، على يد القوات العراقية”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “イラクのハラブジャで、多くの住民が化学兵器により殺害される(ハラブジャ事件)。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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