In June, a car bombing in Karrada, a district in Baghdad, was the deadliest in Iraq this year. Police reported 15 children and six policemen to be dead. At least 12 other people were missing, feared dead. Over the last year, Iraq has suffered at least seven, deadly ISIS attacks.
This project was last updated on June 20, 2016. The graphic was heavily inspired by The New York Times' map of the attacks in Turkey in 2016.
Date | Location | Death Count |
---|---|---|
Jun. 19 | Two suicide attacks in and around Baghdad | 30 |
May 17 | Four bomb blasts in Baghdad | 69 |
May 11 | Car bombs in Baghdad | 93 |
May 11 | Market in Shia district of Sadr City | 64 |
Mar. 26 | Suicide attacks target a football march in the central city of Iskandariya | 32 |
Mar. 6 | Fuel tanker blown up at checkpoint near central city of Hilla | 47 |
Feb. 28 | Twin suicide bomb attacks hit market in Sadr City | 70 |
Eunice Lee is a junior at Northwestern University studying journalism and computer science. Currently, she is in D.C. covering the presidential election. Previously, she interned at NBC News graphics.