2018 Baghdad bombings

January 15, 2018 Baghdad bombings
Part of the ISIL insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
Baghdad is located in Iraq
Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad (Iraq)
LocationBaghdad, Iraq
Date15 January 2018 (2018-01-15)
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Suicide bombings
Deaths38 (including 2 attackers)
Injured105+
Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

On Monday January 15, 2018, two suicide bombings took place at al-Tayaran Square of Baghdad, killing 36 people and injuring more than 105 others. These attacks were later claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).