Incident Summary:

05/16/2016: Assailants stoned to death 20 people in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Overview

GTD ID:
201605160012

When:
2016-05-16

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Nineveh

City:
Mosul

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity	Not Applicable
Specific Description	Civilians
Nationality of Target	Iraq

Additional Information
Hostages	Yes
Number of Hostages	20
US Hostages	0
Outcome	Hostage(s) killed (not during rescue attempt)
Ransom	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Other
Weapon Details
Stones were used in the attack.

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	20 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	20
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Iraq: Security Roundup 1900 GMT 16 May 2016," Summary, May 16, 2016."