Speicher massacre

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The Speicher massacre was a 2014 mass killing in Iraq in which ISIS militants executed hundreds of unarmed Iraqi air force cadets near Tikrit, making it one of the deadliest atrocities of the Iraq conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ISIS war crime
crime against humanity
mass killing
war crime
aftermath Iraqi government investigations
mass graves discovered near Tikrit
public outrage in Iraq
trials of suspected perpetrators in Iraq
alsoKnownAs Camp Speicher massacre NERFINISHED
Tikrit massacre NERFINISHED
conflict Iraq War aftermath
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) NERFINISHED
country Iraq
date June 2014
endDate 2014-06-15
estimatedNumberOfVictims over 1,000
up to 1,700
hasMediaCoverage widely reported by international media
legalClassification crime against humanity under international law
war crime under international law
location Camp Speicher NERFINISHED
Saladin Governorate NERFINISHED
near Tikrit
method mass execution
shooting
summary execution
motive intimidation of Iraqi security forces
sectarian violence
terror
notableFor brutality of executions
scale of killings
use of propaganda videos by ISIS
numberOfVictims hundreds of unarmed Iraqi cadets
partOf ISIS offensive in Northern Iraq (2014) NERFINISHED
perpetrator ISIS militants NERFINISHED
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED
recognizedAs one of the deadliest atrocities of the Iraq conflict
relatedPlace Tigris River NERFINISHED
Tikrit NERFINISHED
startDate 2014-06-12
target Iraqi Air Force cadets NERFINISHED
Iraqi security forces personnel
Shia recruits
usedForPropagandaBy Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED
victimNationality Iraqi
victimStatus prisoners
unarmed

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Camp Speicher massacre 2014 alsoKnownAs Speicher massacre
subject surface form: Camp Speicher massacre