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17 by Blackwater security guards, Nisour Square, Mansour, Baghdad

Incident k7471
Type gunfire and possibly helicopter fire
Deaths recorded 17
Targeted or hit bystanders and people in vehicles by random shooting by Blackwater guards
Place Nisour Square, Mansour, west Baghdad
Date and time 16 September 2007, 12:30 PM
Sources NYT 08 Oct
WP 08 Oct

Individuals for whom personal or identifying details were reported

IBC page Identifying details (number if more than one) Age Sex
k7471-kn997 Ahmed Haithem Ahmed 20 Male
k7471-nd980 Mohassim Kadhim or Mehasin Muhsin Kadhum, mother of Ahmed Haithem Ahmed 46 Female
k7471-kr935 Ali, son of Mohammed Abdul Razzaq or Mohammed Hafiz 10 Male
k7471-xv1066 Ali Khalil 54 Male
k7471-kv993 Osama Fadhil Abbas 40 Male
k7471-kz939 Mahdi Sahib, son of Sahib Nasr 25 Male
k7471-hr1005 Brother of Mohammed Hussein Adult Male
k7471-fn1058 Suhad, daughter of Shakir Ismael 37 Unrecorded
k7471-hw931 Mother Adult Female
k7471-nw981 Son of dead woman 10 Male
k7471-hm1110 Cousin of Hussam Abdul-Rahman Adult Male
k7471-sz1845 Nephew of Rihab Abdul Karim Unrecorded Male
k7471-ue1658 Ali, son of Mohammed Kinani 9 Male

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

Number killed Occupation Age Sex
1 Unrecorded Elderly Male

Of the 17 deaths recorded here, some personal information was reported for 13 of the dead.

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

Neither personal nor demographic information was reported for 3 other people killed in this entry.