Mustansiriya University bombings

The Mustansiriya University bombings was a series of bombing attacks at students and teachers at the largely Shiite Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded.^[1]

Mustansiriya University bombings
Part of the Iraq War, Iraqi insurgency, and the Iraqi civil war
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	January 16, 2007 (UTC+3)
Target	Students and staff at Mustansiriya University
Attack type	School bombings, suicide attack and car bombs
Deaths	approx. 70
Injured	169
Perpetrators	Unknown
Motive	Anti-Shi'ism

See also

• 2007 suicide bombings in Iraq