27 January 2012 Baghdad bombings | |
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Part of Iraqi insurgency (post U.S. withdrawal) | |
Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
Date | 27 January 2012 (UTC+3) |
Attack type | Car bombing |
Deaths | 32 [1] |
Injured | 71 [1] |
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 real estate broker who had been murdered by unidentified gunmen the previous day. [1] [2]
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