2016 Balad attack

2016 terrorist attack 2016 Balad attack the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) File:Salah ad-Din in Iraq.svg Location of Saladin Governorate in Iraq Balad, Saladin Governorate, Iraq 8 July 2016 36 Unknown Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Bomb Rocket-propelled grenade Suicide bombings, mass shooting 2016 Balad attack was attack on the shrine of seven Dujai in Balad, Iraq on Friday, July 8, 2016 in which 36 people were killed.http://www.france24.com/en/20160708-iraq-dozens-killed-attack-shiite-shrine-north-baghdad-islamic-state-group Dozens killed in attack on Shiite shrine north of Baghdad 8 July 2016 France 24 10 August 2016 12 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160812002417/http://www.france24.com/en/20160708-iraq-dozens-killed-attack-shiite-shrine-north-baghdad-islamic-state-group live Background The attack came as the United Nations issued warnings of the possibility of renewed sectarian fighting after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36742581 Iraq shrine attack: IS kills dozens in Balad 8 July 2016 BBC News 10 August 2016 27 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190227183626/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36742581 live It followed two bombings in the vicinity of the shrine of Sayed Mohammad in the southern Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. It was suspected that the ISIS terrorist organisation targeted the shrine with rocket-propelled mortars, followed by three suicide bombers, two of which detonated in a market near the shrine.As Baghdad Protests Mount, Attack on Shiite Shrine Kills 26 https://web.archive.org/web/20160708130413/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraq-death-toll-continues-rise-days-baghdad-bombing-40403277 July 8, 2016 References 30em Category:2016 murders in Iraq Category:21st-century mass murders in Iraq Category:Mass shootings in Iraq Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Iraq Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 Category:2016 mass murders Category:Suicide bombings in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016 Category:Balad, Iraq Category:July 2016 crimes in Asia Category:History of Saladin Governorate