Hamam al-Alil massacre | |
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Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) | |
Location | Mosul District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq |
Date | 28 October – 7 November 2016 |
Target | Civilian dissidents |
Attack type | Mass murder |
Deaths | 300+[1] |
Perpetrator | Islamic State |
Motive | Retaliation against individuals that refused to fight for ISIL |
The Hamam al-Alil massacre (Arabic: مجزرة حمام العليل) was the killing of at least 300 civilians in the town of Hamam al-Alil in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in late October and early November 2016.[1][2] The event took place within a larger ongoing assault on the city of Mosul by a wide coalition of anti-ISIL forces, which managed to capture Hamam al-Alil on 7 November.