9 September 2016 Baghdad bombings

The 9 September 2016 Baghdad bombings occurred just before midnight on Friday, 9 September 2016. Twin suicide bombings occurred at the al-Nakheel Mall in Palestine Street, in eastern Baghdad. A car rigged with explosives detonated at the car park of the mall and an assailant blew up his car in a busy street outside shortly afterwards. At least 40 people were killed and 60 wounded.^[1][2] The bombings were later claimed by Islamic State. The Amaq News Agency, which supports Islamic State, said that the bombers targeted "a gathering of Shi'ites".^[3][4]

9 September 2016 Baghdad bombings
Part of Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Location	al-Nakheel Mall, Rasafa, Baghdad, Iraq
Date	9 September 2016 (UTC+03)
Target	Iraqi Shias
Attack type	Car bombing, suicide bombing
Deaths	40+
Injured	60+
Perpetrator	Islamic State
Motive	Anti-Shiism

See also

• American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
• List of terrorist incidents in September 2016
• List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
• List of mass car bombings
• Military intervention against ISIL
• Number of terrorist incidents by country
• Timeline of ISIL-related events (2016)
• List of Islamist terrorist attacks
• War on Terror