Back مجزرة سيدة النجاة Arabic مجزرة سيدة النجاه ARZ Anschlag auf die Sayidat-al-Nejat-Kathedrale in Bagdad 2010 German Atentado contra la catedral católica siria de Bagdad en 2010 Spanish کشتار ۲۰۱۰ کلیسا بغداد Persian Attentat de la cathédrale de Bagdad French Ionsaí ar eaglais i mBagdad, 2010 Irish Aanval op de Sayidat al-Nejatkerk in Bagdad Dutch Zamach w Bagdadzie (31 października 2010) Polish Захват церкви в Багдаде (2010) Russian
| Baghdad church siege | |
|---|---|
| Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) | |
 The cross of the Sayedat al-najat ("Our Lady of Salvation") Cathedral in Baghdad. | |
| Location | Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | 31 October 2010 17:00[1] – ~21:30 (UTC+4) |
| Target | Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral[2][3] |
Attack type | Siege; hostage-taking, suicide attacks |
| Weapons | Machine guns, car bomb, explosive belts, grenades |
| Deaths | Two priests; 39–44 worshippers; 7–12 police/security; 5 bystanders; all (perhaps six) jihadi attackers |
| Injured | 78[4] |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq |
| Motive | Anti-Christian sentiment |
On 31 October 2010, six suicide bombers of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) militant group stormed into the Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral (a Syriac Catholic church in Baghdad) during Sunday evening Mass, taking the congregants hostage. The ISI was a militant group which aimed to overthrow the Iraqi federal government and establish an Islamic state in Iraq.[5]
Hours later, Iraqi commandos stormed the church. In the ensuing confrontation, fifty-eight worshippers, priests, policemen, and bystanders were killed and seventy-eight were wounded or maimed. World leaders and some Iraqi Sunni and Shi'ite imams condemned the massacre.
In late November 2010, Huthaifa al-Batawi, who was accused of masterminding the assault, was arrested along with eleven others in connection with the attack. During a failed attempt to escape in May 2011, Batawi and ten other senior ISI militants were killed by an Iraqi SWAT team.[6] On 2 August 2011, three other men were sentenced to death and a fourth to 20 years in prison in connection with the massacre. In 2012, an appeals court confirmed the sentences.[7]
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