What the records say
- When
- 7 Jul 2010
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 33.32° N, 44.37° E
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Baghdad.
2010 Al-Kazimiyya Mosque bombings
2010 terrorist incident in Baghdad, Iraq
In early July 2010, a series of bombing attacks in Baghdad, Iraq killed at least 70 people while injuring 400 during a Shia pilgrimage to Al-Kazimiyya Mosque, the mausoleum of Musa al-Kadhim. The bombings targeted those on the annual pilgrimage and took place from 6 to 8 July. The pilgrimage has been attacked previously by Sunni extremists, and in 2005 was the site of a stampede that killed up to 1,000 people.
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