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Camp Speicher massacre
| Camp Speicher massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Northern Iraq offensive and Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State | |
 Picture of Camp Speicher in January of 2005, when it was still used as a United States military installation before being transferred to the Iraqi government in 2011. | |
  Camp Speicher Location within Iraq | |
| Location | Tikrit, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 34°36′36″N 43°40′48″E / 34.61000°N 43.68000°E |
| Date | 12 June 2014 |
| Target | Cadets of the Iraqi Armed Forces |
Attack type | |
| Deaths | 1,095–1,700[1][2] |
| Victims | Shia Muslims |
| Perpetrator |  Islamic State |
| Motive | Anti-Shia sentiment |
On 12 June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) summarily executed between 1,095 and 1,700[2] Iraqi cadets near Tikrit. The killings took place during ISIL's Northern Iraq offensive, when the cadets were captured outside of Camp Speicher during their attempt to flee from the area.[3][4] At the time of the massacre, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 unarmed cadets in the vicinity of Camp Speicher,[5] and ISIL militants selected the Shia Muslims for execution. As of 2024[update], it remains the deadliest act of terrorism in Iraq and the second-deadliest single act of terrorism in the world, surpassed only by the September 11 attacks in the United States.[6]
- ^ "Iraqi court sentences 24 to death over Speicher massacre". Middle East Monitor. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ a b "احصائية رسمية: 1997 العدد الكلي لمفقودي مجزرتي سبايكر وبادوش". Rudaw. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "Five year anniversary of Camp Speicher massacre on 12th June | Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL (UNITAD)".
- ^ "Five years on, still no justice for Iraq's Camp Speicher victims".
- ^ "Survivors from the Speicher massacre: We were 4000 unarmed soldiers fell into the hands of ISIS". Buratha News Agency (in Arabic). 7 September 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Nordland, Rod; Rubin, Alissa J. (15 June 2014). "Massacre Claim Shakes Iraq". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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