2016 Samawa bombing

Terrorist attack in Samawa, Iraq 2016 Samawa bombing War in Iraq Samawa, Iraq Shias 1 May 2016 Double suicide bombing 33+ (+2) 75 Islamic State Two bombs Anti-Shiism On 1 May 2016, attacks targeted Iraq's deep Shiite south, with the explosion of twin suicide car bombs in the city of Samawa. At least 33 people were killed and 75 wounded.AFP https://www.yahoo.com/news/twin-bombings-southern-iraq-kill-33-113911468.html Rare IS group bombings in southern Iraq kill 33 Yahoo News 2016-05-01 2016-05-13 2017-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012095124/https://www.yahoo.com/news/twin-bombings-southern-iraq-kill-33-113911468.html dead 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.Reuters http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-attacks-kill-32-southern-iraq-bombing-turkey-kills-two-n565496 ISIS Attacks Kill 32 in Southern Iraq; Bombing in Turkey Kills Two NBC News 1 May 2016 2016-05-13 2016-05-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160505190809/http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-attacks-kill-32-southern-iraq-bombing-turkey-kills-two-n565496 live The blasts took place in Samawa, in southern Iraq. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in Iraq's deep Shiite south, where incidents are considered rare. The bombers were named as Abu Dayyar al-Qurashi and Abu Zubayr al-Zaidi. See also 2015–16 Iraqi protests List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016 Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016 Timeline of the Iraq War (2016) Iraq References 30em Category:2016 murders in Iraq Category:21st-century mass murders in Iraq Category:Attacks on Shia mosques in Iraq Category:2016 building bombings Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Iraq Category:2016 mass murders Category:Suicide bombings in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 Category:May 2016 crimes in Asia Category:May 2016 in Iraq Category:Mosque bombings by Islamists Category:Samawah Category:Mosque bombings in Iraq Category:Attacks on bus stations in Asia Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Iraq Category:Suicide bombings in 2016 Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2010s