Iraq Body Count urgently needs your support to keep track of casualties - help us with a donation now

 

m1606

4-6 by mortar shells targeting people swimming in the Tigris under the main Samarra bridge

Incident m1606
Type three mortar shells
Deaths recorded 4-6
Targeted or hit young people swimming in the Tigris, 9 or 10-year-old boy among those killed
Place the Tigris river, under the main Samarra bridge
Date and time 15 July 2013, PM
Sources NYT 15 Jul
VOI 15 Jul
AIN 15 Jul
NINA 15 Jul

Individuals for whom only demographic or other non-personal information was reported

Number killed Occupation Age Sex
1 Unrecorded 9-10 Male

Only demographic information, without any identifying details, was available for one person recorded killed.

Neither personal nor demographic information was reported for another 3 to 5 people killed in this entry.