1924 Kirkuk massacre
1924 CE.
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The Kirkuk Massacre of 1924 was a massacre perpetrated against the Muslim people of Kirkuk by the Assyrian Levies on May 4, 1924 following a series of attacks initiated against the Assyrian people after their settlement in Iraq. One notable attack which led to hostility between the Assyrians and Muslims was in August 1923 in Mosul, when two Assyrian children were killed by Muslims and no one was brought to justice. In early 1924 the British deployed the Assyrian levies to Kirkuk province in order to capture the city of Sulaymaniyah, which was controlled by Kurd Sheikh Mahmud. The Kurds in Kirkuk threatened to attack Assyrian women as soon as the Assyrian Levies left Kirkuk to Sulaimanya. On 4 May, an argument broke out between a Yezidi levy and an Iraqi Turkmen shopkeeper in Kirkuk's central market over prices which led to physical fighting. After the dispute, two more Assyrian Levies were wounded by angry mobs after they were hit from behind with heavy sticks during a dispute.
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