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| Badush prison massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) | |
| Location | Badush, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 36°24′55″N 42°58′17″E / 36.415278°N 42.971389°E |
| Date | 10 June 2014 |
| Target | Badush prisoners |
Attack type | Mass murder, Terrorism |
| Deaths | 1000[1] |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Defender |  Iraq |
On 10 June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) killed at least 670 Shia prisoners in an attack on Badush prison. ISIL first separated out the Sunni inmates before executing the remaining prisoners.[2][3]
On 11 March 2017, the Popular Mobilization Forces announced that they had discovered a mass grave containing the remains of 500 prisoners executed by ISIS in the prison.[4] There were 39 Indian construction workers who were executed in the region.[5]
On 13 June 2021, it was reported that Iraqi authorities had removed the remains of 123 people murdered by ISIL during the prison attack from a mass grave to identify them using DNA from relatives.[6]