April 2007 Yazidi massacre

The April 2007 Yazidi massacre was a massacre of Yazidis that took place on April 22, 2007, in Mosul, in northern Iraq.

April 2007 Yazidi massacre
Part of the Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
Al-Hamdaniya District, Nineveh Governorate
Location	Mosul, Al-Hamdaniya District, Iraq
Date	April 22, 2007 2:00pm (UTC+03:00)
Target	Yazidis
Attack type	Massacre, Ethnic violence
Deaths	23
Perpetrators	Unknown

Massacre

At around 2PM (GMT+3), a bus carrying workers from the Mosul Textile Factory en route to Bashiqa, Al-Hamdaniya District was stopped by cars owned by unidentified attackers. With the bus now stationary, the attackers got on, and checked the passengers' identity cards. According to Iraqi police, after checking their identification, the gunmen told the Muslim and Christian passengers to get off the bus. They then drove the bus to eastern Mosul with 23 remaining passengers, all Yazidis, where the hostages were made to lie face down in front of a wall and shot, execution-style.^[1][2]

Reactions

According to The New York Times, hundreds of Yazidis from Bashiqa gathered in the street to protest the killings.^[2]

See also

• Qahtaniyah bombings, later that same year in August 2007
• Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State
• Sinjar massacre