2016 Taji gas plant attack

Taji gas plant attack
Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
LocationTaji, Iraq
Date15 May 2016
Attack type
Car bombing, suicide bombing, shooting
Deaths14+ (9 attackers also killed, maybe more)
Injured47+
Perpetrator Islamic State

On 15 May 2016, a team of IS bombers assaulted a natural-gas plant north of Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 14 people, eight suicide bombers, injuring 27 troops and burning 20 workers.