Event

2016 Baghdad–Miqdadiyah attacks

11 Jan 2016 · 33.34° N, 44.40° E

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When
11 Jan 2016
Kind
Event
Coordinates
33.34° N, 44.40° E

Placed at the area around the town its text names, Baghdad.

Summary

Baghdad–Miqdadiyah attacks, Two Islamic State militants set off a bomb outside Al-Jawhara mall in Baghdad, threw hand grenades at passersby, shot at people, and one then killed himself in a suicide bomb attack, killing nine people and injuring 13. Police shot and killed the other militant. In another attack that same day, the Islamic State killed 20 people in a café in Muqdadiya with an IED and a suicide bomb attack.

2016 Baghdad–Miqdadiyah attacks

Terrorist attacks

On 11 January 2016, a series of terrorist attacks occurred in Baghdad and Miqdadiyah, Iraq. The attack resulted in 132 people being killed, including the six attackers.

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