Major insurgent attacks Foreign interventions IS genocide of minorities IS war crimes Timeline On 1 May 2016, attacks targeted Iraq's deep Shiite south, with the explosion of twin suicide car bombs in the city of Samawa.

[1] The first blast took place near a local government building and the second one about 65 yards away at a bus station, police sources said.

The death toll and wounded number is expected to keep rising.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attacks in Iraq's deep Shiite south, where incidents are considered rare.

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