January 2017 Sadr City bombings

January 2017 Baghdad bombings
Part of War in Iraq
Baghdad Baghdad (Iraq)
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	2 January 2017 (2017-01-02)
Target	Shiite civilians
Attack type	car bombings, IEDs
Weapons	Car bombs
Deaths	At least 56
Injured	At least 120-122 [1]
Perpetrators	Islamic State

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. "Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Kills at Least 36". The New York Times. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
2. "Série d'attentats suicides à Bagdad, au moins 71 morts". Conflits-FR. 2017-01-02. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
3. "UPDATED: Islamic State claims blast in Baghdad's Sadr City, 2 bombs ensue". Iraqi News. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
4. "IS conflict: Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 35". BBC News. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2017.