Residences of Tuz Khormato are under targeted attacks by Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham, the terrorist group supported by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. Many Shia Muslims homes and Islamic centers have been bombed in the city. In January 2013 an Islamic center was bombed that killed 23 Shia Muslims. The killings continue in public areas such as coffee shops, restaurants and markets.
Tuz Khurmatu is a town in Saladin Province, Iraq, located 55 miles south of Kirkuk. Majority of the town is ethnic Turkmens, with smaller Arab and Kurdish minorities. Most, if not all, the population of the city is Shia Muslims.
Thousands of Shia Muslims have been killed by Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in Iraq and Syria.
