October 2016 Baghdad attacks
2016 October Baghdad attacks | |
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Part of the War in Iraq (2014-2017) | |
Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
Date | 15 October 2016 (AST) |
Target | Shi'ite Muslims, policemen |
Weapons | Suicide bomb, guns |
Deaths | 79+ (not including at least eight attackers) |
Injured | 91+ |
Perpetrator | ISIS |
Motive | Anti-Shiaism, terrorism |
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(2013–2017)
- 1st Anbar
- 1st Fallujah
- 1st Northern Iraq
- 1st Mosul
- Badush prison
- Camp Speicher
- 1st Kirkuk
- 2nd Northern Iraq
- Musab bin Umair mosque
- Suq al-Ghazi
- Saqlawiyah
- 1st Hīt
- Jurf al-Sakhar
- Salahuddin
- 1st Baiji
- Siege of Amirli
- 1st Tikrit
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- 3rd Baiji
- Dhuluiya
- 2nd Tikrit
- 1st Ramadi
- 2nd Sinjar
- 2nd Mosul
- 2nd Kirkuk
- Al-Karmah
- 2nd Anbar
- 2nd Ramadi
- 2nd Fallujah
- 2nd Hīt
- Ar-Rutbah
- 3rd Fallujah
- 3rd Sinjar
- Nineveh Plains offensive
- Shirqat offensive
- 3rd Mosul
- 4th Mosul
- Mosul airstrike
- Western Nineveh
- 3rd Kirkuk
- Hamam al-Alil
- 4th Sinjar
- Turkish Sinjar airstrike
- Tal Afar
- Western Anbar
- Hawija
- Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
- 4th Kirkuk
- Western Iraq
Major insurgent attacks
- 1st Hillah
- 1st Baghdad
- Khan Bani Saad
- 2nd Baghdad
- Sharaban
- Ramadi
- Mosul
- 3rd Baghdad
- Miqdadiyah
- 2nd Hillah
- Iskandariya
- 4th Baghdad
- Samawa
- 5th Baghdad
- 1st Balad
- Taji
- 6th Baghdad
- 7th Baghdad
- 2nd Balad
- 8th Baghdad
- 9th Baghdad
- 3rd Hillah
- 10th Baghdad
- 11th Baghdad
- Tikrit
- 12th Baghdad
- Nasiriyah
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- Shader
- Okra
- Chammal
- Impact
IS genocide of minorities
IS war crimes
- Mosul executions
- Chemical weapons
Timeline
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
On 15 October 2016, four attacks in and around Baghdad, Iraq, resulted in the deaths of at least 60 victims and at least seven attackers, while injuring at least 80 more people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are believed to be behind the suicide bombing and two mass shootings.[1][2]
Events
The first attack occurred when a funeral was being held for a local resident in the al-Shaab district of Baghdad inside a tent. People were taking part in Shi'ite rituals, where they mourn the killing of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali, which occurred during the 7th century. When they were doing this, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in the middle of the gathering, killing at least 44 people and injuring at least 57. ISIL claimed this attack.[3]
The second attack happened in Mutaibija, Tikrit, when gunmen opened fire on policemen, killing eight of them and injuring eleven. Three attackers were also killed.
The third attack in Ishaq occurred when gunmen stormed the house of the Ishaqi Mobilization militia leader Numan al-Mujamaie, killing his wife and three children, but al-Mujamaie was not present. They later killed themselves with explosive belts when they were pursued by police.
A fourth later attack, a suicide bombing on a tent where Shia Muslims distribute food, killed at least four people and injured at least 12.[4]
More attacks occurred the next day, killing at least 19 people, injuring at least 11, and killing another suicide bomber.[5][6][7][8]
The attacks occurred during the preparation for the Battle for Mosul. A failed rebellion occurred in Mosul on the day of the attack, and ISIS reportedly executed 58 people, and later 14 more.[9] The attacks were the deadliest in Baghdad since the 2016 Karrada bombing in July 2016.
See also
- 2016 Karrada bombing
- 9 September 2016 Baghdad bombings
- Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi Mausoleum attack
- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- List of terrorist incidents in July 2016
- Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016
References
- ^ Raheem, Kareem (15 October 2016). "Suicide bombing, shootouts kill around 55 in Iraq: police". Reuters. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Kareem Raheem & Ahmed Rasheed (15 October 2016). "Suicide bombing, shootouts kill around 55 in Iraq". Arab News. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Funeral Bombed in Baghdad; 88 Killed in Iraq". Antiwar.com. 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Suicide bomber strikes Shia Muslim gathering in Baghdad - News from". Al Jazeera. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Adel, Loaa (16 October 2016). "Suicide attack targets Hussainiyah march under Jardiyah Bridge in central Baghdad". Iraqi News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Adel, Loaa (16 October 2016). "ISIS massacres families fleeing to Sharqat, kills 12 including women and children". Iraqi News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Adel, Loaa (16 October 2016). "Blast kills, wounds 3 volunteer soldiers near Baqubah". Iraqi News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Adel, Loaa (16 October 2016). "IED explosion kills, wounds 9 civilians in Kirkuk". Iraqi News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Rasheed, Ahmed (14 October 2016). "Exclusive: Islamic State crushes rebellion plot in Mosul as army closes in". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.