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]
| Sadr City bombings | |
|---|---|
| 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 |  ISIL |
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References
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