27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing

27 January 2012 Baghdad bombings
Part of Iraqi insurgency (post U.S. withdrawal)
Location Baghdad, Iraq
Date 27 January 2012 (UTC+3)
Attack type
Car bombing
Deaths 32[1]
Non-fatal injuries
71[1]
Suspected perpetrators
Islamic state of Iraq

At least 32 people were killed and 71 wounded in the 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing. A suicide bomber targeting Shias detonated his vehicle at a funeral tent in Zaafaraniyah district in the south of Baghdad. The procession was being held for a local estate broker who had been murdered by unidentified gunmen the previous day[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Factobox – Security developments in Iraq, January 28". Reuters. Thomson Reuters Foundation. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. http://web.archive.org/web/20131215100948/http://www.wsoctv.com/news/ap/top-news/suicide-car-bombing-kills-26-in-baghdad/nHJFZ/. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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