Sadr City bombings | |
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Part of War in Iraq (2013–2017) | |
Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
Date | 28 February 2016 (UTC+03:00) |
Attack type | Suicide motorcycle bombings |
Deaths | 70 |
Injured | 60-100 |
Perpetrator | ![]() |
On 28 February 2016, 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]