February 2016 Baghdad bombings
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| 2016 Baghhad bombings | |
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| Part of Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) | |
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | 28 February 2016 |
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Attack type
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Suicide motorcycle bombings |
| Deaths | 70 |
| Injured | 100 |
| Motive | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
At least 70 people were killed and 60 wounded in Sadr City, a southern suburb of Baghdad, as two bombs went off at a crowded market.[1][2][3][4][5] The explosions ripped through a market selling mobile phones in the mainly Shiite Muslim district.[6][7] The assailants were suicide bombers riding motorcycles through the crowd.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
See also
- List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016
- Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016
- Timeline of the Iraq War (2016)
References
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/28/isis-claim-responsibility-for-double-suicide-bombing-in-baghdad
- ↑ http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/twin-suicide-bombing-kills-70-baghdad%E2%80%99s-deadliest-attack-year
- ↑ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/02/28/Baghdad-blasts-death-toll-rises-to-24-sources.html
- ↑ http://news.sky.com/story/1650295/at-least-70-killed-by-baghdad-suicide-bombs
- ↑ http://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2016/02/28/daesh-twin-bombing-attacks-in-baghdad-kill-70
- ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/isil-launches-major-offensive-outkirts-baghdad-160228080044646.html
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35687645
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- ↑ http://news.antiwar.com/2016/02/28/isis-bombers-kill-70-in-shiite-market-in-baghdad/
- ↑ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/02/29/Death-toll-in-Baghdad-Shiite-market-suicide-blasts-rises-to-70/3621456744960/
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3467952/Militants-launch-largest-attacks-months-Baghdad-outskirts.html
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/islamic-state-bomb-attacks-kill-70-in-shia-district-of-baghdad/news-story/2b1765037cda2d8989f983929316af69
- ↑ http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/497623/isis-daesh-storm-baghdad-iraq-abu-ghraib-wide-attack-suicide-bombers-gunmen
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