| January 2017 Baghdad bombings | |
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| Part of Iraqi Civil War | |
  Baghdad Baghdad (Iraq)
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| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | 2 January 2017 |
| Target | Shiite civilians |
Attack type | car bombings, IEDs |
| Weapons | Car bombs |
| Deaths | At least 56 |
Non-fatal injuries | At least 122[1] |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
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On January 2, 2017, at least three suicide car bombings took place in a Shia Muslim eastern district of Sadr City, as well as behind the Kindi and Imam Ali hospitals, killing 56 people and injuring more than 120 others. Haider al-Abadi, Iraq’s prime minister, had informed in a news conference that the suicide bombing, in Sadr City's busy market, was operated by the suicide bomber who detonated a vehicle with explosives. The bomber had pretended to hire day labourers in the market; once labourers gathered near the vehicle, the vehicle was detonated by him.[1] The French President François Hollande was in the city during the attacks.[2][3]
Responsibility[]
The jihadist group Islamic State claimed the responsibility of attacks, with a targeted attack on a "gathering of Shia".[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Kills at Least 36". The New York Times. 2 January 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/world/middleeast/iraq-baghdad-market-suicide-bombing-islamic-state.html?ref=middleeast.
- ↑ "Série d’attentats suicides à Bagdad, au moins 71 morts". 2017-01-02. https://conflitsfr.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/serie-dattentats-suicides-a-bagdad-au-moins-71-morts/.
- ↑ "UPDATED: Islamic State claims blast in Baghdad’s Sadr City, 2 bombs ensue". Iraqi News. 2 January 2017. http://www.iraqinews.com/features/islamic-state-blasts-baghdad-hospitals/.
- ↑ "IS conflict: Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 35". BBC. 2 January 2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38488091. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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