Hīt shooting
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| Hīt shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of War in Iraq (2013–2017) | |
 Location of Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq | |
| Location | Hīt, Iraq |
| Date | 30 October 2014 |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Weapons | Gun |
| Deaths | 75 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
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The Hīt shooting occurred on 30 October 2014 when insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) killed at least 75 members of the Albu Nimr tribe in Hīt, a town in Al Anbar Governorate.
Earlier in October, the Fall of Hīt to ISIL had cut off the road leading to nearby Haditha.[1]
See also
[edit]- American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
- Fall of Hīt (2014)
- List of terrorist incidents in July–December 2014
- List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
- List of mass car bombings
- Military intervention against ISIL
- Number of terrorist incidents by country
- Timeline of ISIL-related events (2014)
- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- Timeline of the War in Iraq (2014)
- War on Terror
References
[edit]- ^ "Haditha Dam key to IS leaders' plans to choke off southern Iraq". Albawaba.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
List of terrorist incidents by country | |
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| By country | |
| Iraq | |
| Pakistan | |
External links
[edit]- http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=201410300035 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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