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Qabak Iraq Suicide Bombing of Elementary School Playground

Qabak Iraq Suicide Bombing of Elementary School Playground


  • tags: timeline 2013, school attack, terrorist attack, shia victim, suicide attack
  • October 6, 2013Qabak, IraqUnknown16 dead, 90 injured16 dead90 injured12 children and the school principal were killed in a suicide bombing at an elementary school in the village of Qabak. Two police officers in an adjacent police station were also killed. 90 people were injured.[174]



  • October 6, 2013 In the Shiite Turkomen village of Qabak, Iraq, 16 were killed and 90 injured A rare terrorist-style attack on a school that was actually carried out by terrorists, since a suicide bomb is a reliable sign of a terrorist attack
  •  the mayor of Qabak, called the attack on the school “a crime against humanity” as he surveyed books splattered with blood amid the devastation on the playground. “The terrorists are trying to stop us from living and sending our children to school, but they will not, as we have our unity,” he said.
  • It is only one of two attacks on elementary schools officially classified as terrorism. The China incident was not classified as terrorism, but a suicide motorcycle bombing is almost certainly a terrorist attack of some sort.
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_related_to_primary_schools#cite_note-175
  • May 8, 1970Avivim, IsraelPalestinian militants12 dead, 25 injured1225Avivim school bus massacre. Palestinian terrorists belonging to the PFLP-GC attacked the community school bus of Avivim, killing nine children and three adults and wounding 25 other people, by firing two bazooka shells at the bus.[62]
  • September 9, 2013Guilin, Guangxi province, ChinaUnknown2 dead, 44 injured2 dead44 injuredTwo adults were killed outside Balijie Primary School, and 44 others were injured after a homemade explosive detonated. Most of the injured were schoolchildren. One of those killed is the bomber, who was riding his motorcycle during the explosion.[170][171][172]
  • October 6, 2013Qabak, IraqUnknown16 dead, 90 injured16 dead90 injured12 children and the school principal were killed in a suicide bombing at an elementary school in the village of Qabak. Two police officers in an adjacent police station were also killed. 90 people were injured.[174]





  • Bomber Kills 13 Children At Iraq School Playground - The ...

    www.nytimes.com/.../deadly-bombing-at-elementar...‎

    The New York Times
    Oct 6, 2013 - Children received medical care in the northern city of Dohuk after a suicide bombing on a school playground in the Shiite village of Qabak, Iraq, ...



  • Iraq: Wave of car, suicide blasts kill at least 61 - The Big Story

    bigstory.ap.org › Baghdad‎

    Associated Press
    Oct 17, 2013 - It was the deadliest day in Iraq since Oct. 5, when a suicide bombingtargeting ... near Qabak elementary school in the Shiite Turkomen village of Qabak, just ... The terror group is capable of carrying out mass-casualty attacks ...
  • bulk of the blasts struck in mainly Shiite Muslim parts of the Iraqi capital shortly after nightfall, sending ambulances racing through the streets with sirens blaring. Authorities reported nine car bomb explosions across Baghdad, including one near a playground that killed two children.

  • Other mainly Shiite neighborhoods hit were the southeastern New Baghdad, where four died and 12 were wounded, and the eastern Sadr City, where a car bomb near a playground killed five, including two children, and wounded 16, officials said. 
  • FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 file photo, Mohammed Moses grieves by the grave of his father who was killed by a suicide car bomb attack near Qabak elementary school in the Shiite Turkomen village of Qabak, just outside the town of in Tal Afar, 260 miles (420 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida has come roaring back in Iraq since U.S. troops left in late 2011 and now looks stronger than it has in years. The terror group is capable of carrying out mass-casualty attacks several times a month, driving the death toll in Iraq to the highest level in half a decade. It sees each attack as a way to maintain an atmosphere of chaos that weakens the Shiite-led government’s authority. (AP Photo, File)



  • 29 killed, incl 12 children in string of suicide bombings in Iraq

    rt.com/news/iraq-suicide-bombers-children-802/‎

    RT
    Oct 6, 2013 - Two Suicide bombers detonated explosives-rigged vehicles at anelementary school and a police station in northern Iraq, killing at least 15 people, ... al-Obeidi says the twin blasts hit the nearby Shi'ite village of Qabak on ... The next day the british army bombed the prison and freed the two british terrorists.



  • NewsDiffs | Diffing: Bomber Kills 13 Children At Iraq School ...

    newsdiffs.org/.../deadly-bombing-at-elementary-school-playground-in-ir...‎

    Oct 6, 2013 - Bombing at Elementary School Playground in Iraq Kills 13 Children. By DURAID ADNAN. BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated a truck filled with explosives ... Shortly after the attack on the school in the village of Qabak, just outside Tal ... “The terrorists are trying to stop us from living and sending our ...
  • October 6, 2013
    Bombing at Elementary School Playground in Iraq Kills 13 Children
    By DURAID ADNAN

    BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber detonated a truck filled with explosives on the playground of an elementary school in northern Iraq on Sunday morning, killing 13 children and the headmaster, the police said.

     As many as 80 other people, including students and teachers, were wounded in the blast, the first of three attacks that left at least 31 Iraqis dead.

     Shortly after the attack on the school in the village of Qabak, Shortly afterward, another suicide truck bomb struck a police station in the same village, killing three officers.

     The two attacks in Qabak, a Shiite Turkmen village just outside Tal Afar in Mosul Pprovince, another suicide bomber crashed a smaller pickup into the village’s police station and set off explosives, killing three officers and wounding 15.

     In the afternoon, a third suicide bomber attacked a group of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing 14 and wounding 34, the police said.

     At least 80 people were killed on Saturday in several attacks, including a bombing in Baghdad that killed 51 Shiite pilgrims. The wave of attacks was Iraq’s worst outburst of violence since 2008.

     In Qabak, a Shiite Turkmen village, the mayor, Abdul al-Obaidilso left 95 people wounded, 80 of them at the school.

     The attacks added to a wave of violence across the country, the deadliest outbreak in Iraq since 2008. A suicide bomber attacked a group of Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad on Sunday, the police said, killing 14 and wounding 34 and raising the total death toll from terrorist attacks on Sunday to at least 31.

     Abdul al-Obaidi, the mayor of Qabak, called the attack on the school “a crime against humanity” as he surveyed books splattered with blood amid the devastation on the playground. “The terrorists are trying to stop us from living and sending our children to school, but they will not, as we have our unity,” he said.

     Many of the children who survived the attack were seriously wounded and were sent to larger, better-equipped hospitals in the Iraqithe Kurdistan region of Iraq for treatment, medical officials said.

     “I don’t remember what happened,” said a sobbing boy named Ali, who suffered wounds to his face and legs. “I just want to see my mother.”

     In Baghdad, Shiite pilgrims visiting the shrines of revered imams were hit for the second time in less than 24 hours despite heightened security measures. The pilgrims had been visiting the shrines of revered imams this weekend.
    One wounded pilgrim, speaking from a Baghdad hospital on Sunday, remained defiant. “They killed more than 50 of us yesterday, and they thought that we would stop,” the pilgrim, Abdul Amir, said. “They thought wrong. We will never stop visiting our imams. Our security forces just look at us and do nothing.”



  • Islamic Jihadists target children in their unholy war in Iraq ...

    www.moderntokyotimes.com/.../islamic-jihadists-target-children-in-their-...‎

    Oct 7, 2013 - Therefore, the latest deliberate attack against children in a school ... Thisterrorist attack took place in the village of Qabak whereby a suicide ... AP reports that “One car bomb in the tiny village targeted an elementary school ...



  • Iraq: Suicide Bombers Murder Primary School Children in ...

    www.thefreelibrary.com › ... › October 6, 2013‎

    Oct 6, 2013 - Iraq: Suicide Bombers Murder Primary School Children in Qabak. ... Another car bomb was used to attack a police station in Qabak, a small village in ... Another suicide bomber Noun 1. suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people ... Elementary school students.



  • List of attacks related to primary schools - Wikipedia, the free ...

    en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_attacks_related_to_primary_schoo...‎

    Wikipedia
    These are attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school ..... Palestinian terrorists belonging to the PFLP-GC attacked the community ..... killed in a suicide bombing at an elementary school in the village of Qabak.



  • Iraq Bombings Kill at Least 20, Including Children

    jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?...id...bombings...terror...‎

    Oct 9, 2013 - Defense · War on Terror Iraq Bombings Kill at Least 20, Including Children ... Iraqi officials say suicide bombers have killed at least 20 people - including children - in attacks on an elementary school in a northern village and among Shi'ite ... Shi'itevillage of Qabak, outside Tal Afar, where a suicide bomber ...



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    Summary of Terrorist Incidents and Counter-Terrorist ...

    www.ict.org.il/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=bvYmQ-dEVb0%3D&tabid...‎

    Oct 8, 2013 - International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) ..... On 21 October, Naida Asiyalova, a female suicide bomber, detonated her ..... explosives on the playground of an elementary school in the village of Qabak, killing 13.



  • Iraq executes 42 alleged terrorists, including woman - News ...

    news.ca.msn.com/world/cbc-storyviewer.aspx?cp-documentid...‎

    MSN
    Oct 10, 2013 - Iraq executes 42 alleged terrorists, including woman ... An Iraqi soldier and citizens inspect the aftermath a day after a suicide car bomb attack near Qabak elementary school in the Shiite Turkomen village of Qabak, just ..
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