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 attack: 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 attack
- 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]
References
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/11/iraqi-officials-gunmen-storm-baghdad-mall-and-take-hostages
- ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/isil-bombs-kill-dozens-iraqi-soldiers-ramadi-160127102416122.html
- ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/iraq-blames-isil-deadly-attacks-troops-anbar-160204135259990.html
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35690823
- ↑ "Suicide truck bombing left 60 dead in Iraq". Reuters. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/25/suicide-bomb-blast-kills-25-soccer-stadium-south-baghdad/82259240/
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
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