Iraq: At least 113 people are killed and almost 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Baghdad and five other provinces

Когда

16 авг. 2012 г.

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33.32° N, 44.37° E

Место: area around the town it links, Baghdad.

Iraq: At least 113 people are killed and almost 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Baghdad and five other provinces. The authorities believe al-Qaeda to be responsible. The deadliest explosion strikes an amusement park in the east of the capital, claiming 34 lives and injuring 54, most of them women and children.

Terrorist incident in Iraq

A series of bombings and shootings occurred in Iraq on 16 August 2012, in one of the most violent attacks since post-US withdrawal insurgency has begun. At least 128 people were killed and more than 400 wounded in coordinated attacks across Iraq, making them the deadliest attacks in the country since October 2009, when 155 were killed in twin bombings near the Justice Ministry in Baghdad.

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