Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2014

This list is limited to bombings and does not include other forms of attacks.

January

• January 2: A truck bomb killed 19 people in Baghdad.^[1]
• January 5: 20 people were killed in a series of bombings targeting a Shite suburb.^[2]
• January 15: 75 people were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad and Baquba.^[3]
• January 18: A series of car bombings killed 30 people in Anbar province.^[4]
• January 30: Six suicide bombers entered an Iraqi ministry building and killed 24 people before security forces regained control.^[5]

February

• February 10: 22 people were killed when a terrorist accidentally blew himself up while demonstrating how to use an explosive belt.^[6]
• February 13: Two bombs killed 6 people and wounded 18 in Baghdad.^[7]
• February 18: 33 people were killed in a wave of car bombs in Baghdad.^[8]

March

• March 5: A series of terrorist incidents including car bombs killed 8 people and wounded 30 others.^[9]
• March 9: At least 32 people were killed when a minibus packed with explosives exploded at a checkpoint in the city of Hilla.^[10]
• March 27: Bombings killed 33 people in Baghdad.^[11]

April

• April 9: Car bombs killed 24 people across Iraq.^[12]
• April 20: Car bombs and a suicide bomber killed 9 people and injured 39 others.^[13]
• April 28: A suicide bomber killed 25 people in Khanaqi.^[14]

May

• May 13: A wave of car bombs targeting Shiites killed at least 34 people.^[15]
• May 22: At least 24 Shia pilgrims were killed in three bombings in Baghdad.^[14]
• May 27: A suicide bomber killed 17 people in Baghdad.^[16]

June

• June 8: At least 18 people were killed in a bombing attacking the office of Jalal Talabani's Kurdish political party.^[17]
• June 9: At least 30 people were killed in a double bombing targeting the offices of a Kurdish political party.^[18]
• June 15: 9 people were killed and 20 wounded after an attack near Tahrir Square. Further bombs went off after nightfall killing 3 people.^[19]
• June 25: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a market in Baghdad killing 13 people and wounding 25^[20]

July

• July 4: A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle at a security forces position north of Baghdad killing 15.^[19]
• July 9: Three car bombs exploded in front of a court in Hilia killing five and wounding 17.^[21]
• July 11: 28 people died following a suicide bombing in Kirkut.^[22]
• July 23: A suicide bombing killed 33 people in Baghdad.^[23]
• July 24: A car bomb killed 21 people in Baghdad.^[24]

August

• August 23: A series of bombings killed 35 people across Iraq.^[25]
• August 26: A car bomb killed 10 people in Baghdad.^[26]
• August 30: A suicide bomber killed 11 people in a town south of Baghdad.^[27]
• August 31: Two suicide bombers killed 10 people in Ramadi.^[28]

September

• September 1: A suicide bombing killed 37 people in western Iraq.^[29]
• September 4: A car bomb and a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and injured dozens in Baghdad.^[30]
• September 8: A double suicide attack killed 9 people and injured 70 others in a town north of Baghdad.^[31]
• September 10: A wave of terrorist bombings killed at least 30 people in Baghdad.^[32]
• September 11: A wave of terrorist incidents killed at least 17 people and wounded 50.^[33]
• September 17: A suicide car bomb killed 7 people and destroyed a bridge in Ramadi.^[34]
• September 18: Two suicide bombings killed 13 people and injured 36 in Baghdad.^[35]
• September 19: A wave of bombings killed 28 people and injured dozens.^[36]
• September 27: A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 24 others.^[37]

October

• October 4: ISIL attacked the town of Tarmiyah, located north of Baghdad, where^[38] a roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi military convoy, killing at least five people.
• October 7: A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the city of Samarra, killing at least 17 people.^[39]
• October 9: A suicide attack killed 10 people in Baquba.^[40]
• October 12: A series of terrorist bombings in Baghdad including a suicide attack killed more than 50 people.^[41] A wave of bombings in Baquba killed 31 people and wounded 70 others. ^[42]
• October 14: A suicide attack in Baghdad killed 19 people and wounded 35 others.^[43]
• October 16: Three car bombs in Baghdad killed 16 people and wounded 48 others. ^[44]
• October 18: A series of car bombs in Baghdad killed 24 people.^[45]
• October 19: A suicide bombing targeting Shiites in Baghdad killed 19 people and injured more than 2 dozens.^[46]
• October 20: A wave of bombings targeting Shiites killed more than 43 people.^[47]
• October 22: Two car bombs in Baghdad killed 16 people and wounded 65 others.^[48]
• October 25: A suicide bomber killed 8 Shiite fighters and wounded 17 others near Baghdad.^[49]
• October 27: A similar attack killed 27 fighters and wounded 60 others.^[50] Another bombing in Baghdad killed 14 people and wounded 23 others.^[51]
• October 31: A series of bombings killed 15 people near Baghdad.^[52]

November

• November 1: A series of terrorist bombings killed 24 people and wounded dozens in Baghdad.^[53]
• November 2: A series of bombings killed 34 Shiites in Baghdad.^[54]
• November 7: A suicide bomber killed a police general and wounded 9 policemen in Baiji.^[55]
• November 8: A series of car bombings killed 40 people and wounded dozens across Iraq.^[56]
• November 16: A series of bombings in Baghdad killed 5 people and wounded 20 others.^[57]
• November 19: A suicide attack in Erbil killed 6 people and wounded more than 20 others.^[58]
• November 23: A car bomb killed 7 people and wounded 16 others in a town south of Baghdad.^[59]

December

• December 4: A series of bombs killed 35 people in Baghdad and Kirkuk.^[60]
• December 7: A car bomb killed 7 police officers in northern Baghdad.^[61]
• December 24: A suicide bomber killed 26 people and wounded 56 others south of Baghdad.^[62]

See also

• List of terrorist incidents, 2014
• Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2015
• Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2013
• List of terrorist incidents in Iraq since 2003

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