| 15 August 2011 Iraq attacks | |
| Location: | Baghdad, Kut, Tikrit, Najaf, Taji, Kirkuk, Mosul and others, Iraq |
| Target: | Civilian population, Iraqi Police & Army, government officials |
| Date: | 15 August 2011 |
| Timezone: | UTC+3 |
| Type: | Shootings, bombings, car bombs, IEDs, suicide bombings |
| Fatalities: | 64 |
| Injuries: | 287 |
| Perps: | Islamic State of Iraq |
The 15 August 2011 Iraq attacks were a series of terrorist incidents that took place across Iraq. At least 37 were killed and 68 injured in Kut after a roadside bomb and a car bomb exploded in the center of the city. A string of bombings and shootings in the capital took the lives of two and left 27 wounded. Eight were killed and 14 injured in a suicide car bombings in Khan Bani Saad City. Two car bombs exploded in the Najaf, killing 6 and injuring 79, followed by another blast near Karbala that killed 4 and injured 41. Numerous other attacks throughout the central and northern parts of Iraq (including a double suicide bombing in Tikrit) left 7 dead and at least 58 wounded.[1]