January 2021 Baghdad bombings
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The January 2021 Baghdad bombings were a pair of terrorist attacks that occurred on 21 January 2021, carried out by two suicide bombers at an open-air market in central Baghdad, Iraq.[1] They killed at least 32 people and injured another 110. This was the Iraqi capital’s first terrorist attack since 2019.[2]
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Part of the ISIL insurgency in Iraq | |
Location | Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq |
Date | 21 January 2021 (21 January 2021) |
Target | Shia Muslims |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Explosive belt |
Deaths | 34 (including two attackers) |
Injured | 110 |
Perpetrator | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Motive | Anti-Shi'ism |
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