Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016
This article lists terrorist incidents in Iraq during 2016:
January
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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 the 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- June 4 - Bombings in and around Baghdad kill 15.[13]
July
[edit]- July 2 - Karrada bombings kill at least 308 people.
- July 24 - Kadhimiya Baghdad bombing kills at least 21 people.
November
[edit]- November 24 - A truck bomb attack in Hillah killed at least 100 people.[14]
See also
[edit]- List of terrorist incidents, 2016
- Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2015
- Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2014
- Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2013
- List of bombings during the Iraq War
References
[edit]- ^ "Dozens dead in spate of attacks by Isis suicide bombers and gunmen in Iraq". the Guardian. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "ISIL kills dozens of Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi". Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Iraq blames ISIL for deadly attacks on troops". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Iraq crisis: Suicide bomb kills 38 at Shia funeral". BBC News. 29 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Suicide truck bombing left 60 dead in Iraq". Reuters. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Islamic State claims suicide bombing of Iraqi soccer stadium; 29 dead". USA TODAY. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Suicide bomber killed 3 people in Baghdad". Reuters. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ magazine, Le Point (4 April 2016). "Irak: au moins 17 morts dans quatre attentats suicide et des tirs d'obus". Le Point (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ 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.[dead link]
- ^ "In Diyala Province a bomb killed one". Iraqi News. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Two people die in bomb attack in Sabaa al-Bour". Iraqi News. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ "Islamic State Claims Baghdad Bombing That Killed at Least 62". The Wall Street Journal. May 11, 2016. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ^ "Iraq: Bombings kill 15 in and around Baghdad". Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Suicide truck bomb kills more than 80 in Iraq, most of them Iranian pilgrims". Reuters. 24 November 2016. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2023.