List of terrorist incidents in 2016
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This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors, split up by month. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists.
Lists by month[edit]
- List of terrorist incidents in January 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in February 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in March 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in April 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in May 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in June 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in July 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in August 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in September 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in October 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in November 2016
- List of terrorist incidents in December 2016
2016 terrorist incidents with highest death tolls[edit]
The following table lists the terrorist incidents of 2016 that were reportedly responsible for 100 or more casualties. All were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, all but one of which were part of the civil wars in Iraq or Syria.
| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Executions | 300 | 0 |  Tripoli, Libya |
Three-hundred West African migrants are reportedly rounded up by Islamic State and executed.[1] | Islamic State | Second Libyan Civil War |
| 11 January | Bombings | 100+ | Unknown |  Sharaban, Iraq |
January 2016 Iraq attacks: Two huge bomb blasts, one at a teashop and the other at a mosque, killed at least 100 people in the township of Sharaban in Iraq's northern Diyala province. | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 16 January | Massacre | 135-300+ | Unknown |  Deir ez-Zor, Syria |
Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016): Islamic State militants attacked the neighbourhoods of Begayliya and Ayash in Deir ez-Zor, killing dozens of people in execution style murder. Fatality estimates variates between 135 and over 300. International sources reported that the attack was against Syrian Army personal and killed 85 Syrian soldiers along with 50 civilians while Syrian sources said over 300 people were killed, most of whom were children and women. The Islamic State organization claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed suicide bombers were used.[2][3][4] | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| 8 February | Execution | 300 | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
2016 Mosul massacre: Islamic State have executed over 300 police and army personal, as well as civil activists by firing squad in Mosul.[5] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 21 February | Bombing | 134 (+2) | 180 | Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria |
February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings : Islamic State militants detonated a car bomb and later launched two suicide bombings, about 400 meters from Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, a Shia shrine, believed to contain the grave of Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter. 83 to 134 people were killed and 180 wounded, including children. Syrian media said the attack occurred when pupils were leaving school in the area. At least 60 shops were damaged as well as cars in the area. Islamic State claimed responsibility.[6][7] | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| 5 March | Execution | 132 | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
One hundred and thirty-two people are executed by a Sharia court.[citation needed] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 8 April | Massacre | 175+ | 300 kidnapped | Damascus, Syria |
ISIS fighters reportedly executed 175 of the 300 kidnapped cement workers outside the Syrian capital Damascus, according to the state's military.[8] | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| 21 April | Shooting | 250+ | Unknown | Mosul, Iraq |
At least 250 Iraqi woman were executed by Islamic State fighters because they refused to become sex slaves.[9] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 7 May | Mass execution, genocide | 160+ | Unknown | Ramadi, Iraq |
The remains of over 160 people were found in over 50 mass graves after ISIS committed a mass execution and genocide.[10] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 17 May | Suicide and car bombings, shooting | 101+ | 194+ | Baghdad, Iraq |
May 2016 Baghdad bombings: A series of eight attacks in Baghdad killed numerous people and wounded more.[11][12][13][14][15] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 23 May | Suicide bombing | 184 (5) | 200 | Jableh and Tartus, Syria |
May 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombings: Nearly 150 people are killed and at least 200 wounded in a series of car bomb and suicide attacks in the Syrian cities of Jableh and Tartus in government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.[16][17] | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| 5 June | Execution/shooting | 400 | Unknown | Saqlawiyah, Iraq |
400 soldiers were found dead, many with gun wounds. The soldiers were likely executed on an unknown date. They belonged to the army's 10th brigade.[18] | Islamic State (suspected) | Iraqi Civil War |
| 3 July | Bombing | 342+ (+1) | 246+ | Baghdad, Iraq |
2016 Karrada bombing: At least 346 people were killed, and over 246 injured, in a series of coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad. Early in the evening of July 3, a large car bomb exploded in the middle of a busy market, killing nearly 346 civilians.[19] The blast occurred in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada, which contains Shia Muslims and a large Christian minority. A second car bombing in the district of Sha'ab killed at least 5 people and injured 16, while two more bombings killed at least two more people.[20][21] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 6 August | Shooting, kidnapping, execution | 100+ | Unknown injured, over 3000 kidnapped | Hawija, Iraq |
At least 85 people were killed and hundreds kidnaped and held hostage after a massacre carried out by the Islamic State.[22] ISIS also kidnapped over 3000 more people and executed 15 in the same city, before the event listed first.[23] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 25 September | Execution | 100+ | 0 | Iraq |
A video showed the Islamic State executing at least 100 captured Iraqi civilians.[24] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 21 October | Execution | 284+ | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
Part of Battle of Mosul (2016): The Islamic State executed hundreds of men and boys in Mosul, in the midst of a major offensive by Iraqi forces to recapture the city.[25] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 25 October | Executions, shooting | 135 | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
Part of Battle of Mosul (2016): Islamic State killing 50 former Iraqi police officers they had been holding in a building outside Mosul, and in the village of Safina fighters killing 15 civilians and throwing their bodies in a river. Also,70 bodies were found in an area south of Mosul.[26] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 26 October | Execution | 232 | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
Part of Battle of Mosul (2016): Islamic State executed 190 former members of the Iraqi security forces for refusing to join them. A further 42 people were executed in a village south of Mosul.[27] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 29 October | Execution | 122 | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
Islamic State executed 100 civilians for "for collaborating with the security forces" after executing 22 people by electrocution for the same reasons.[28][29] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 31 October | Executions | 350+ | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
Part of Battle of Mosul (2016): Islamic State executed 300 civilians for "for collaborating with the security forces". Islamic State also executed at least fifty of its own militants, after their reported desertion and fleeing the battle fronts.[30] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 8 November | Executions | 300+ | Unknown | Mosul, Iraq |
Hamam al-Alil massacre: Islamic State killed at least 300 civilians in retaliation against individuals that refused to fight for ISIL. | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 11 November | Executions | 113 | 0 | Mosul, Iraq |
Islamic State has executed 40 civilians in Mosul. Islamic State has also announced it has beheaded six of its own fighters for deserting the battlefield. The Islamic State shot dead 40 civilians before crucifying them for "treason", and killed 20 more for "leaking information". They also shot dead a man for using a mobile phone, and hanged six civilians for "keeping hidden SIM cards".[31][32] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 24 November | Suicide truck bombing | 125 (+1) | 95 | Hillah Iraq |
November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing: A truck bomb killed at least 125 people in Hillah city 95 others are injured.[33] | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
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