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Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016

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This article lists terrorist incidents in Iraq during 2016:

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January

  • January 11 - At least 50 people were killed in a spate of attacks in Baghdad. ISIS claimed responsibility.
  • 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

    • February

  • February 4 - At least 28 killed in attacks in Ramadi and Fallujah.
  • February 8 - 2016 Mosul massacre
  • February 28 - February 2016 Baghdad bombings
  • February 29 - 38 killed at a Shia funeral in Muqdadiya.

    • 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.
  • March 25 - Iskandariya suicide bombing - 29 killed in a bombing of a football stadium south of Badghdad.
  • 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.

    • 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.
  • April 4 - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant that is frequented by Shiite paramilitary militia fighters, killing at least 14 people.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • April 9 - A bomb killed one and 3 people were injured in Diyala Province
  • April 9 - In Sabaa al-Bour a bomb killed at least 2 people and another 8 were injured.

    • 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.
  • 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.

    • July

  • July 2 - Karrada bombings kill at least 308 people.
  • July 24 - Kadhimiya Baghdad bombing kills at least 21 people.

    • November

  • November 24 - A truck bomb attack in Hillah killed at least 100 people.

    • References

    Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016 Wikipedia
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