On 1 May 2016, attacks targeted Iraq's deep Shiite south, with the explosion of twin suicide car bombs in the city of
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. At least 33 people were killed and 75 wounded.
Bombing
The first blast took place near a local government building and the second one about 65 yards away at a bus station, police sources said. The death toll and wounded number is expected to keep rising.
The blasts took place in
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, in southern
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
. The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
claimed responsibility for the attacks in Iraq's deep
Shiite
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...
south, where incidents are considered rare.
The bombers were named as Abu Dayyar al-Qurashi and Abu Zubayr al-Zaidi.
See also
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2015–16 Iraqi protests
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List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military con ...
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Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016
This article lists terrorist incidents in Iraq during 2016:
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 ...
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Timeline of the Iraq War (2016)
References
2016 murders in Iraq
21st-century mass murder in Iraq
Attacks on Shiite mosques
Explosions in 2016
ISIL terrorist incidents in Iraq
Mass murder in 2016
Suicide bombings in Iraq
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016
Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016
May 2016 crimes in Asia
May 2016 events in Iraq
Mosque bombings by Islamists
Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Iraq
Building bombings in Iraq
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