Camp Speicher massacre 2014
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The Camp Speicher massacre of 2014 was a mass killing in which ISIS militants executed an estimated 1,500–1,700 mostly Shiite Iraqi Air Force cadets near Tikrit, making it one of the deadliest atrocities of the Iraq conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2014 Camp Speicher massacre | 1 |
| Camp Speicher massacre 2014 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Camp Speicher massacre 2014 Context triple: [Tikrit, notableMassKillingSite, Camp Speicher massacre 2014]
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Hamburg massacre
The Hamburg massacre was an 1876 white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and citizens to help overthrow Reconstruction-era Republican rule.
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B.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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C.
Ležáky massacre
The Ležáky massacre was a World War II Nazi reprisal in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, where the village of Ležáky was destroyed and its inhabitants were executed or deported following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
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D.
Peskeompscut massacre
The Peskeompscut massacre was a brutal 1676 attack during King Philip’s War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native American civilians near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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E.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camp Speicher massacre 2014 Target entity description: The Camp Speicher massacre of 2014 was a mass killing in which ISIS militants executed an estimated 1,500–1,700 mostly Shiite Iraqi Air Force cadets near Tikrit, making it one of the deadliest atrocities of the Iraq conflict.
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A.
Hamburg massacre
The Hamburg massacre was an 1876 white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and citizens to help overthrow Reconstruction-era Republican rule.
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B.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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C.
Ležáky massacre
The Ležáky massacre was a World War II Nazi reprisal in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, where the village of Ležáky was destroyed and its inhabitants were executed or deported following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
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D.
Peskeompscut massacre
The Peskeompscut massacre was a brutal 1676 attack during King Philip’s War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native American civilians near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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E.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
massacre ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Iraqi government investigations
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commemoration ceremonies for victims in Iraq ⓘ discovery of mass graves near Tikrit ⓘ trials of suspected perpetrators in Iraq ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Camp Speicher massacre of 2014
ⓘ
Speicher massacre ⓘ |
| claimedBy |
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
|
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| date |
2014-06-12
ⓘ
2014-06-13 ⓘ |
| documentedBy | ISIS propaganda videos ⓘ |
| endDate | 2014-06-13 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryVictimGroup | Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryVictimGroup | Sunni cadets who refused to separate from Shia colleagues ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Salah ad Din Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Salah al-Din Governorate
|
| location |
Camp Speicher
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Tikrit ⓘ near Tikrit ⓘ |
| method |
mass execution
ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ shooting ⓘ |
| motive |
consolidation of ISIS control in northern Iraq
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sectarian targeting of Shia Muslims ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims |
1500–1700
ⓘ
approximately 1700 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iraq War
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraq conflict
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) ⓘ Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form:
War on terror
|
| perpetratedBy |
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ⓘ
surface form:
Daesh
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form:
ISIL
ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
|
| recognizedAs |
one of the deadliest atrocities of the Iraq conflict
ⓘ
one of the worst crimes committed by ISIS in Iraq ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Fall of Mosul (2014)
ⓘ
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) ⓘ
surface form:
ISIS insurgency in Iraq (2013–2017)
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| resultedIn |
heightened sectarian tensions in Iraq
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international condemnation ⓘ mass killing of Iraqi cadets ⓘ |
| startDate | 2014-06-12 ⓘ |
| target |
Iraqi Air Force cadets
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Iraqi military personnel ⓘ |
| victims |
Iraqi Air Force cadets
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mostly Shia Muslims ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Camp Speicher massacre 2014 Description of subject: The Camp Speicher massacre of 2014 was a mass killing in which ISIS militants executed an estimated 1,500–1,700 mostly Shiite Iraqi Air Force cadets near Tikrit, making it one of the deadliest atrocities of the Iraq conflict.
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this entity surface form:
2014 Camp Speicher massacre