2016 Karrada bombing
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On 3 July 2016, ISIL militants carried out coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed 340 civilians and injured hundreds more.[4] A few minutes after midnight local time (2 July, 21:00 UTC), a suicide truck-bomb targeted the mainly Shia district of Karrada, busy with late night shoppers for Ramadan. A second roadside bomb was detonated in the suburb of Sha'ab, killing at least five.
July 2016 Karrada bombing | |
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Part of the War in Iraq | |
Location | Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq |
Date | 3 July 2016; 7 years ago (2016-07-03) 00:05 AST (UTC+03) |
Target | Western-style shopping centre in a multicultural & multi-faith district of Baghdad. |
Attack type | Truck bombing, suicide bombing |
Deaths | 347+[1][2] |
Injured | 250+ |
Perpetrator | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[3] |
Motive | Loss of Fallujah |
ISIL issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack, naming the suicide bomber as Abu Maha al-Iraqi. There were reports that the source of the blast was a refrigerator van packed with explosives. The explosion caused a huge fire on the main street. Several buildings, including the popular Hadi Center, were badly damaged.
On 18 October 2021, Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced that Ghazwan al-Zawbaee, the man behind the bombing was arrested by Iraqi security forces.[5][6]