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27 January 2012 Baghdad bombings
Part of Iraqi insurgency (post U.S. withdrawal)
Location Baghdad, Iraq
Date 27 January 2012 (UTC+3)
Attack type
Car bombing
Deaths 32[1]
Non-fatal injuries
71[2]
Suspected perpetrators
Al-Qaeda in Iraq


At least 32 people were killed and 71 wounded in the 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing. A suicide bomber targeting Shias detonated his vehicle at a funeral tent in Zaafaraniyah district in the south of Baghdad. The procession was being held for a local estate broker who had been murdered by unidentified gunmen the previous day.[3][4]

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