2016 Balad attack

The attack on the shrine of seven Dujai was an attack on Friday, July 8, 2016, and claimed the lives of 36^[1] people, following two bombings at least in the vicinity of the shrine of Sayed Mohammad in the southern Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. It is 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.^[2]

2016 Balad attack
Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Location of Saladin Governorate in Iraq
Location	Balad, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
Date	8 July 2016
Attack type	Suicide bombings, mass shooting
Weapons	Bomb Rocket-propelled grenade
Deaths	36
Injured	Unknown
Perpetrator	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Background

The attack came as the United Nations issued warnings of the possibility of renewed sectarian fighting after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.^[3]

References

1. "Dozens killed in attack on Shiite shrine north of Baghdad". France 24. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. As Baghdad Protests Mount, Attack on Shiite Shrine Kills 26 Archived July 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Iraq shrine attack: IS kills dozens in Balad". BBC News. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2016.