| 2025 Attack in Nohadra | |
|---|---|
| Part of Anti Assyrian Sentiment and Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) | |
 An image of a bloody Assyrian flag that surfaced during the attack | |
| Location | Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Date | 1 April 2025 |
| Target | Assyrians |
Attack type | Axe attack |
| Weapons | Cleaver |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 2 or 3 |
| Perpetrator |  Islamic State |
| Assailant | Luay Abdulrahman[1] |
No. of participants | 1 |
| Motive | Anti-Assyrian sentiment, Islamism |
On 1 April 2025, a Syrian national[2] went on a short-lived spree of attacks against Assyrians celebrating the annual Kha b-Nisan festival in Duhok. Two people are confirmed to have been injured from the attacks,[3] while other sources suggest that an additional third person was from the Asayish was injured. Islamism is suspected as a motive behind the attack.
- ^ "ئەنجوومەنی ئاسایشی هەرێمی کوردستان: هێرشکارەکەی سەر جەژنی ئەکیتۆ فەرمانی لە سەرکردەیەکی داعش وەرگرتووە (Translation: the council of the Asayish of the KRG says: The attacker of the Akitu celebration got orders from a ISIS commander)".
- ^ "ئەنجوومەنی ئاسایش: هێرشکارەکەی سەر جەژنی ئەکیتۆ لە دهۆک هەڵگری بیروباوەڕی داعشە". Rudaw (in Central Kurdish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ^ "Two injured in knife attack during Kha Nison–Akitu 6775 celebration in Nohadra (Duhok), Rudaw reports". Syriac Press. 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
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