Back مجزرة سبايكر Arabic Speyşer düşərgəsi qətliamı Azerbaijani کۆمەڵکوژیی سپایکەر CKB Massaker von Tikrit German کشتار اسپایکر Persian Camp Speicherin joukkomurha Finnish Massacre de Tikrit French טבח מחנה ספייקר HE Massacro di Camp Speicher Italian キャンプ・スペイサー虐殺事件 Japanese
| Camp Speicher massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Northern Iraq offensive | |
 Picture of Camp Speicher in 2005, when it was still used as a United States military installation before being transferred to the Iraqi government in 2011. | |
  Camp Speicher Location within Iraq | |
| Location | Tikrit, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 34°36′36″N 43°40′48″E / 34.61000°N 43.68000°E |
| Date | 12 June 2014 |
| Target | Cadets of the Iraqi Armed Forces |
Attack type | |
| Deaths | 1,095–1,700[1][2] |
| Victims | Shia Muslims |
| Perpetrator |  Islamic State |
| Motive | Anti-Shia sentiment |
The Camp Speicher massacre was an act of terrorism perpetrated by ISIS on 12 June 2014, against unarmed (Shia) Iraqi cadets near Tikrit Air Academy (also known as Camp Speicher). As a result of ISIS seizing key provinces in northern Iraq in a large-scale offensive, and the Iraqi army suffering a major collapse, a number of unarmed and ununiformed Iraqi cadets vacated Camp Speicher.[3][4] A large number of them were subsequently captured by ISIS and summarily executed. In total, between 1,095 and 1,700[2] cadets were killed. At the time of the massacre, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 unarmed cadets in the vicinity of Camp Speicher,[5] and ISIS militants selected the Shia Muslims for execution. As of 2024[update], it remains the deadliest act of terrorism in Iraq and the second-deadliest act of terrorism in the world, surpassed only by the September 11 attacks, which were carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.[6]
- ^ "Iraqi court sentences 24 to death over Speicher massacre". Middle East Monitor. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ a b "احصائية رسمية: 1997 العدد الكلي لمفقودي مجزرتي سبايكر وبادوش". Rudaw. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "Five year anniversary of Camp Speicher massacre on 12th June | Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL (UNITAD)".
- ^ "Five years on, still no justice for Iraq's Camp Speicher victims".
- ^ "Survivors from the Speicher massacre: We were 4000 unarmed soldiers fell into the hands of ISIS". Buratha News Agency (in Arabic). 7 September 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Nordland, Rod; Rubin, Alissa J. (15 June 2014). "Massacre Claim Shakes Iraq". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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