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List of terrorist attacks against Shia mourners during Muharram

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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

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The following is a list of terrorist incidents and arrests.

Country Date Article Description Dead Injured Status
Iraq March 2007 2007 Al Hillah bombings on 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] 200 115
Iran April 2008 2008 Shiraz explosion On 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] 14 202
Iran December 2010 2010 Chabahar suicide bombing on 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] 41 100
Iraq January 2011 January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks On 19 January 2011, during a suicide bombing Ghalbiyah, two people killed and injured 15 out of a crowd marching from Baghdad to Karbala.[5] 2 15
Iraq January 2011 January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks On 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
Iraq January 2011 24 January 2011 Iraq bombings On 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] 25 14
Iraq June 2014 Camp Speicher massacre On 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.[citation needed] 1,566–1,700 Unknown In retaliation Iraqi government launched counter offences against ISIL. New mass graves of ISIL victims were also discovered in Tikrit.[9]
Afghanistan August 2018 August 2018 Kabul suicide bombing A 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] 48 67 ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

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References

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