May 2016 Baghdad bombings
17 May 2016 Baghdad bombings | |
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Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) | |
Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
Date | 17 May 2016 |
Attack type | Car bombing, suicide bombing, shooting |
Deaths | 101+ |
Injured | 194+ |
Perpetrators | ISIS |
Motive | Weakening government and Shia control |
- v
- t
- e
(2013–2017)
- 1st Anbar
- 1st Fallujah
- 1st Northern Iraq
- 1st Mosul
- Badush prison
- Camp Speicher
- 1st Kirkuk
- 2nd Northern Iraq
- Zumar
- 1st Sinjar
- Mosul Dam
- Musab bin Umair mosque
- Suq al-Ghazi
- Saqlawiyah
- 1st Hīt
- Jurf al-Sakhar
- Salahuddin
- 1st Baiji
- Siege of Amirli
- 1st Tikrit
- 2nd Baiji
- 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
- 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
Foreign interventions
- Iranian-led intervention
- American-led intervention
- Inherent Resolve
- Shader
- Okra
- Chammal
- Impact
IS genocide of minorities
IS war crimes
- Mosul executions
- Chemical weapons
Timeline
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
On 17 May 2016, a series of bombings by the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant hit the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. At least 101 people were killed and 194 injured.
Bombings
A suicide bombing in the all-Shia northern district of Sha'ab killed 41 people and wounded more than 70. A car bomb in the all-Shia neighborhood Sadr City left at least 30 dead and 57 wounded. Another car bomb in the majority-Shia suburb al-Rashid, south of the capital, killed six and wounded 21.[1] A parked car bomb struck a market in the neighborhood of Dora, in southern Baghdad, killing eight people and wounding 22 others. A suicide bomber targeted a restaurant in the Habibiya neighborhood, killing nine and wounding 18.[2] A bomb blast killed one person and wounded another in al-Rashid, south of Baghdad.[3] A bomb exploded near a popular market in the all-Shia neighborhood al-Amin in eastern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding seven others.[4]
The attacks were preceded by a suicide bomb attack in a state-owned cooking gas plant in Taji, north of Baghdad, killing at least 14 people and another wave of attacks, that killed over a hundred people.[citation needed]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attacks.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Kareem Raheem (17 May 2016). "After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces deploy in some areas". Reuters. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Wave of Bombings in Baghdad Kill 69". ABC News. Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ Amre Sarhan (17 May 2016). "Bomb blast kills 1 person, wounds another in al-Rashid south of Baghdad". Iraqi News. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Abdelhak Mamoun (17 May 2016). "9 people killed, wounded in bomb blast in eastern Baghdad". Iraqi News. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2016.