April 2007 Yazidi massacre

The 2007 Yazidi massacre was a massacre of Yazidis that took place on April 22, 2007, in Mosul, in northern Iraq.

April 2007 Yazidi massacre
LocationMosul, Al-Hamdaniya District, Iraq
DateApril 22, 2007
2:00pm (UTC+03:00)
TargetYazidis
Attack type
Massacre, Execution-style killing
Deaths23
PerpetratorsUnknown

Massacre

At around 2PM (GMT+3), a bus carrying workers from the Mosul Textile Factory en route to Bashiqa, Al-Hamdaniya District was stopped by cars owned by unidentified attackers. With the bus now stationary, the attackers got on, and checked the passengers' identity cards. According to Iraqi police, after checking their identification, the armed gunmen told the Muslim and Christian passengers to get off the bus. They then drove the bus to eastern Mosul with 23 remaining passengers, all Yazidis, where the hostages were made to lie face down in front of a wall and shot, execution-style.[1][2]

Reactions

According to The New York Times, hundreds of Yazidis from Bashiqa gathered in the street to protest the killings.[2]

See also

References
  1. Amnesty International (April 27, 2007). Iraq: Amnesty International appalled by stoning to death of Yezidi girl and subsequent killings Archived May 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Press release. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
  2. "Gunmen kill 23 members of Yazidi minority in Iraq". The New York Times. April 22, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

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