El Haraqi Incident

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El Haraqi Incident
Native name حادثة الحراقي
Date1985
Time4:28 pm
LocationEl Haraqi, Dar Al Hamma Province, Salamat
TypeMilitary incident
CauseBombing of a city by accident
OutcomeExecution of the pilots and officers which executed this move
Deaths219

The El Haraqi Incident (in Arabic ; حادثة الحراقي) is a military incident which occurred in the town of El Haraqi, 20 kilometers northeast of Jadhab, Salamat in the afternoon of September 13 1985. 219 were killed and 917 were injured.

The incident occured at 4:28 pm local time (5:28 pm UTC), 13 planes, led by the officer Abd Al Fatah Karimi, launched their bombs on the city of El Haraqi. out of the 25 bombs, 19 exploded and did considerable damage. The other 6 bombs created holes in various parts of the city. The initial target was a fake city built just 4 kilometers east of El Haraqi for the purpose of testing the bombs.

The bombings affected the local hospital, the daira headquarters, a middle school and a cinema.



The incident created a magnitude 3.9 earthquake in the surroundings.