2016 Samawa bombing

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.^[1]

2016 Samawa bombing
Part of War in Iraq
Location	Samawa, Iraq
Date	1 May 2016
Target	Shias
Attack type	Double suicide bombing
Weapons	Two bombs
Deaths	33+ (+2)
Injured	75
Perpetrator	Islamic State
Motive	Anti-Shiism

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.^[2] 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.^[1] 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)