Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016
This article lists terrorist incidents in Iraq during 2016:
January
- January 11 - At least 50 people were killed in a spate of attacks in Baghdad. ISIS claimed responsibility.[1]
- January 27 - 2016 Ramadi bombing: Up to a dozen car bombs were set off in the city of Ramadi. The blast killed 55 Iraqi soldiers and pro-government tribal fighters[2]
February
- February 4 - At least 28 killed in attacks in Ramadi and Fallujah.[3]
- February 8 - 2016 Mosul massacre
- February 28 - February 2016 Baghdad bombings
- February 29 - 38 killed at a Shia funeral in Muqdadiya.[4]
March
- March 6 - A suicide bomber kills at least 60 people and wounds 70 others after ramming his explosives-laden truck into a security checkpoint at one of entrances to the Iraqi city of Hillah, south of Baghdad.[5]
- March 25 - Iskandariya suicide bombing - 29 killed in a bombing of a football stadium south of Badghdad.[6]
- March 29 - At least 3 people die and another 27 were injured in a suicide bombing attack in Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.[7]
April
- April 4 - A suicide bomber blew himself up on a street killing five people and wounding five others in the southern city of Basra.[8][9]
- April 4 - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant that is frequented by Shiite paramilitary militia fighters, killing at least 14 people.[9]
- April 4 - Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber rammed his car into a security checkpoint in the capital’s northeastern suburb of Sadr al-Qanat, killing six troops and wounding 13 others.[9]
- April 4 - Another suicide car bomber hit a headquarters of paramilitary troops in the town of Mishahda, 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killing four troops and wounding 10 others.[9]
- April 9 - A bomb killed one and 3 people were injured in Diyala Province[10]
- April 9 - In Sabaa al-Bour a bomb killed at least 2 people and another 8 were injured.[11]
May
- May 1 - At least 33 people died in a bombing in Samawa.
- May 11 - At least 62 people died in a truck bombing in Bagdad.[12]
- May 13 - Real Madrid fan club massacres.
- May 15 - 2016 Iraq Gas Plant attack.
- May 17 - May 2016 Baghdad bombings.
June
- June 4 Bombings in and around Baghdad kill 15.[13]
July
- July 2 Karrada bombings kill at least 308 people.
- July 24 2016 Kadhimiya Baghdad bombing kills at least 21 people.
November
- November 24 A truck bomb killed at least 80 people.[14]
References
- ^ "Dozens dead in spate of attacks by Isis suicide bombers and gunmen in Iraq". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "ISIL kills dozens of Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi". Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Iraq blames ISIL for deadly attacks on troops". Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Iraq crisis: Suicide bomb kills 38 at Shia funeral". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Suicide truck bombing left 60 dead in Iraq". Reuters. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Islamic State claims suicide bombing of Iraqi soccer stadium; 29 dead". USA TODAY. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Suicide bomber killed 3 people in Baghdad". Reuters. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ magazine, Le Point,. "Irak: au moins 17 morts dans quatre attentats suicide et des tirs d'obus". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d Salaheddin | AP, Sinan (2016-04-04). "Wave of suicide attacks kill at least 29 people across Iraq". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ "In Diyala Province a bomb killed one". Iraqi News. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Two people die in bomb attack in Sabaa al-Bour". Iraqi News. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Islamic State Claims Baghdad Bombing That Killed at Least 62". The Wall Street Journal. May 11, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ^ "Iraq: Bombings kill 15 in and around Baghdad". Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Suicide truck bomb kills more than 80 in Iraq, most of them Iranian pilgrims". 24 November 2016 – via Reuters.