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| Emo Killings in Iraq | |
|---|---|
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | March 2012 |
| Target | Iraqi teenage boys who dressed in an emo style, and assumed homosexuals |
Attack type | Homicide, torture, kidnapping |
| Weapons | Cement blocks, firearms, bladed weapons |
| Deaths | Between 6 and 70 |
| Perpetrators | Paramilitary groups |
| Motive | Attack on Western culture and association of emo with homosexuality |
The emo killings in Iraq were a string of homicides that were part of a campaign against Iraqi teenage boys who dressed in an emo style carried out by paramilitary groups as an attack on Western culture. Between 6 and 70[1] young men were kidnapped, tortured and murdered in Baghdad and Iraq during March 2012.[2][3][4] In September 2012, BBC News reported that gay men in Baghdad said the killings had not abated.[5]