What the records say
- When
- 28 Feb 2016
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 33.39° N, 44.46° E
- Description
- Two militants target a market in Sadr City district in Baghdad killing 70 people.
Placed at the district its text puts it in, Sadr City.
February 2016 Sadr City bombings
2016 bombings in Sadr City, Baghdad
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. The explosions ripped through a market selling mobile phones in the mainly Shiite Muslim district. The assailants were suicide bombers riding motorcycles through the crowd.
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