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3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing
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| Baghdad market bombing | |
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| Location | Sadriyah market, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Target(s) | Market |
| Date | February 3, 2007 (UTC+3) |
| Attack Type | Truck bomb |
| Fatalities | 135[1] |
| Injuries | 339 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place. |
| Bombings and terrorist attacks of the Iraq War |
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The Baghdad market bombing was the detonation of a large truck bomb in a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on February 3, 2007. The suicide attack killed at least 135 people and injured 339 others.[1] The bomb, estimated to be about one ton in weight, brought down at least 10 buildings and coffee shops and obliterated market stalls in a largely Shi‘ite enclave less than a half mile from the Tigris River.[2]
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Casualties and aftermath
The attacks killed at least 135 people and injured 339 others, making it the most fatal attack since the Sadr City bombings of November 2006. The blast was the worst of four massive bomb attacks in the past three weeks, all targeting dense Shi'ite areas in Baghdad and Hilla, including an attack on January 22, 2007 in another central Baghdad market that killed at least 88 people and injured more than 160 others.[2] The same market was hit by a series of car bombs on December 2, 2006, which killed more than 50 people. After the explosion, the closest hospital was quickly overwhelmed with patients affected by the blast. When the hospital could no longer handle the flood of patients, they started sending off the injured and redirecting ambulances to another nearby hospital.[3] The Health Ministry official said the death toll was likely to rise significantly. The Iraqi Interior Ministry estimates that about 1,000 people have been killed throughout Iraq in the past week due to gunbattles, drive-by shootings and bomb attacks, a ministry official said Sunday.[4]
Timing of the attacks
The attacker was driving a truck carrying food when the explosives detonated, destroying stores and stalls that had been set up in the busy outdoor Sadriyah market, police said. Many people were looking to purchase food before a curfew scheduled for that evening; it is likely the suicide bombers planned this method in order to cause the most casualties.[5]
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References
- ^ a b "Terror takes toll on market, vendors", The Washington Times, 2007-02-07. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.
- ^ a b Oppel, Jr., Richard A., Qais Mizher. "Dozens Killed in Baghdad Bombing", The New York Times, 2007-02-03. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ "121 Killed As Baghdad Market Obliterated", ABC news, 2007-02-03. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Iraqi Interior Ministry estimates 1,000 killed in one week", CNN, 2007-02-04. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ Gamel, Kim. "Suicide bomber kills 121 in Baghdad", Boston Globe, 2007-02-03. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.