List of terrorist attacks against Shia mourners during Muharram explained

List of terrorist actions against the Mourning of Muharram contain actions like kill, bodily harm or bombing or attack with a target of holding Mourning of Muharram.

List of actions

The following is a list of terrorist incidents and arrests.

CountryDateArticleDescriptionDeadInjuredStatus
Iraq March 2007on 6 March 2007, nearly 200 people were killed and 115 were wounded in suicide bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims who headed to the city of Kerbala to commemorate a religious event in Hilla, Iraq.[1] 200115
IranApril 20082008 Shiraz explosionOn 12 April 2008, Fourteen people were killed and 202 were injured by bombing an explosion that happened during prayers at the Hussainiya Seyed al-Shohada Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.[2] 14202
IranDecember 20102010 Chabahar suicide bombingon 14 December 2010, 41 people were killed and 100 were wounded[3] in suicide bomb attacks on crowded Shia Muslim mourning procession in the southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, outside Imam Hussain Mosque.[4] 41100
IraqJanuary 2011January 2011 Iraq suicide attacksOn 19 January 2011, during a suicide bombing Ghalbiyah, two people killed and injured 15 out of a crowd marching from Baghdad to Karbala.[5] 215
IraqJanuary 2011January 2011 Iraq suicide attacksOn 20 January 2011, at least 56 people were killed by two car bombs detonation near Karbala and 3 people were killed in Baquba during the holy commemorates of Arbaeen.[6] [7] 59
IraqJanuary 201124 January 2011 Iraq bombingsOn 24 January 2011 in car bombs detonation incident a few hours apart, along the path of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage and a bus terminal to the east of Karbala, 25 people were killed and nearly 14 wounded.[8] 2514
IraqJune 2014Camp Speicher massacreOn 12 June 2014, ISIL killed at least 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets in an attack on Camp Speicher in Tikrit. At the time of the attack there were between 4,000 and 11,000 unarmed cadets in the camp. This is the second deadliest terrorist attack in history and the deadliest attack conducted by ISIL.1,566–1,700UnknownIn retaliation Iraqi government launched counter offences against ISIL. New mass graves of ISIL victims were also discovered in Tikrit.[9]
AfghanistanAugust 2018August 2018 Kabul suicide bombingA suicide bombing occurred on Wednesday 15 August 2018 in the Shia region of Kabul took place.[10] Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health reported that 48 people including 34 students were killed and 67 were injured.[11] The responsibility was claimed by ISIS.[12] 4867ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Medics say toll from Hilla attacks is 115 . reuters.
  2. Web site: Iran Mosque Explosion Kills 14, Injures 202 in City of Shiraz . Ladane . Nasseri . Bloomberg . 2008-04-13 . 2008-04-19 .
  3. Web site: Mosque attack kills 30in Iran during ceremony . . 2010-12-15. 2010-12-15.
  4. News: Suicide bombing at Iran mosque kills scores during Shia holiday. Black. Ian. 2010-12-15. The Guardian. 2020-01-19. Dehghan. Saeed Kamali. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  5. News: Baquba ambulance suicide bomber targets Iraq police . 19 January 2011 . 19 January 2011 . BBC News Online.
  6. News: Karbala car bombs kill dozens during Shia festival. 20 January 2011. BBC News Online. 20 January 2011.
  7. News: Officials: Toll rises to 56 in Iraqi pilgrim blast. 21 January 2011. The Washington Post. 21 January 2011.
  8. News: Iraq car bombings: At least 22 killed in car bombings . 24 January 2011 . Parker, Ned . Jaff, Salar . 24 January 2011 . The Washington Post.
  9. News: Mass graves in Tikrit might contain 1,700 bodies . Arwa . Damon . Arwa Damon . Hamdi . Alkhshali . Ralph . Ellis . 8 April 2015 . 6 June 2019 . . Turner Broadcasting System, Inc..
  10. Web site: staff and agencies . Isis claims responsibility for Afghanistan suicide bombing that killed 34 students . The Independent.
  11. Web site: Staff Writer . Dozens killed as bomber hits college students in Afghan capital . cbsnews . 15 August 2018.
  12. Web site: Afghanistan: ISIL Suicide bomber targets school in Kabul. Al Jazeera. 16 August 2018.