Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2014

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This list is limited to bombings and does not include other forms of attacks.

January[edit]

  • January 2: A truck bomb killed 19 people in Baghdad.[1]
  • January 5: 20 people were killed in a series of bombings targeting a Shiite suburb.[2]
  • January 15: 75 people were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad and Baquba.[3]
  • January 18: A series of car bombings killed 30 people in Anbar province.[4]
  • January 30: Six suicide bombers entered an Iraqi ministry building and killed 24 people before security forces regained control.[5]

February[edit]

  • February 10: 22 people were killed when a terrorist accidentally blew himself up while demonstrating how to use an explosive belt.[6]
  • February 13: Two bombs killed 6 people and wounded 18 in Baghdad.[7]
  • February 18: 33 people were killed in a wave of car bombs in Baghdad.[8]

March[edit]

  • March 9: At least 32 people were killed when a minibus packed with explosives exploded at a checkpoint in the city of Hilla.[9]
  • March 27: Bombings killed 33 people in Baghdad.[10]

April[edit]

  • April 9: Car bombs killed 24 people across Iraq.[11]
  • April 20: Car bombs and a suicide bomber killed 9 people and injured 39 others.[12]
  • April 28: A suicide bomber killed 25 people in Khanaqi.[13]

May[edit]

  • May 13: A wave of car bombs targeting Shiites killed at least 34 people.[14]
  • May 22: At least 24 Shia pilgrims were killed in three bombings in Baghdad.[13]
  • May 27: A suicide bomber killed 17 people in Baghdad.[15]

June[edit]

  • June 8: At least 18 people were killed in a bombing attacking the office of Jalal Talabani's Kurdish political party.[16]
  • June 9: At least 30 people were killed in a double bombing targeting the offices of a Kurdish political party.[17]
  • June 15: 9 people were killed and 20 wounded after an attack near Tahrir Square. Further bombs went off after nightfall killing 3 people.[18]
  • June 25: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a market in Baghdad killing 13 people and wounding 25[19]

July[edit]

  • July 4: A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle at a security forces position north of Baghdad killing 15.[18]
  • July 9: Three car bombs exploded in front of a court in Hilia killing five and wounding 17.[20]
  • July 11: 28 people died following a suicide bombing in Kirkut.[21]
  • July 23: A suicide bombing killed 33 people in Baghdad.[22]
  • July 24: A car bomb killed 21 people in Baghdad.[23]

August[edit]

  • August 23: A series of bombings killed 35 people across Iraq.[24]
  • August 26: A car bomb killed 10 people in Baghdad.[25]
  • August 30: A suicide bomber killed 11 people in a town south of Baghdad.[26]
  • August 31: Two suicide bombers killed 10 people in Ramadi.[27]

September[edit]

  • September 1: A suicide bombing killed 37 people in western Iraq.[28]
  • September 4: A car bomb and a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and injured dozens in Baghdad.[29]
  • September 8: A double suicide attack killed 9 people and injured 70 others in a town north of Baghdad.[30]
  • September 10: A wave of terrorist bombings killed at least 30 people in Baghdad.[31]
  • September 11: A wave of terrorist incidents killed at least 17 people and wounded 50.[32]
  • September 17: A suicide car bomb killed 7 people and destroyed a bridge in Ramadi.[33]
  • September 18: Two suicide bombings killed 13 people and injured 36 in Baghdad.[34]
  • September 27: A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 24 others.[35]

October[edit]

  • October 7: A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the city of Samarra, killing at least 17 people.[36]
  • October 9: A suicide attack killed 10 people in Baquba.[37]
  • October 12: A series of terrorist bombings in Baghdad including a suicide attack killed more than 50 people.[38] A wave of bombings in Baquba killed 31 people and wounded 70 others.[39]
  • October 14: A suicide attack in Baghdad killed 19 people and wounded 35 others.[40]
  • October 16: Three car bombs in Baghdad killed 16 people and wounded 48 others.[41]
  • October 18: A series of car bombs in Baghdad killed 24 people.[42]
  • October 19: A suicide bombing targeting Shiites in Baghdad killed 19 people and injured more than 2 dozens.[43]
  • October 20: A wave of bombings targeting Shiites killed more than 43 people.[44]
  • October 22: Two car bombs in Baghdad killed 16 people and wounded 65 others.[45]
  • October 27: A similar attack killed 27 fighters and wounded 60 others.[46] Another bombing in Baghdad killed 14 people and wounded 23 others.[47]
  • October 31: A series of bombings killed 15 people near Baghdad.[48]

November[edit]

  • November 1: A series of terrorist bombings killed 24 people and wounded dozens in Baghdad.[49]
  • November 7: A suicide bomber killed a police general and wounded 9 policemen in Baiji.[50]
  • November 8: A series of car bombings killed 40 people and wounded dozens across Iraq.[51]
  • November 16: A series of bombings in Baghdad killed 5 people and wounded 20 others.[52]
  • November 19: A suicide attack in Erbil killed 6 people and wounded more than 20 others.[53]
  • November 23: A car bomb killed 7 people and wounded 16 others in a town south of Baghdad.[54]

December[edit]

  • December 4: A series of bombs killed 35 people in Baghdad and Kirkuk.[55]
  • December 24: A suicide bomber killed 26 people and wounded 56 others south of Baghdad.[56]

See also[edit]

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