Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016
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This article lists terrorist incidents in Iraq during 2016:
Contents
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]
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 massacre.
- May 15 - 2016 Baghdad Gas plant attack.
- May 17 - 17 May 2016 Baghdad bombings.
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