Sadr City bombing | |
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Part of the Iraqi civil war | |
Location | Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq |
Date | 23 November 2006 15:10 – 15:55 (UTC+3) |
Target | Shia Sadr City Slum |
Attack type | Car bombs and mortar rounds. |
Deaths | At least 215 |
Injured | 140 |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
The 2006 Sadr City bombings were a series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Iraq that occurred on 23 November at 15:10 Baghdad time (12:10 Greenwich Mean Time) and ended at 15:55 (12:55 UTC). Six car bombs and two mortar rounds were used in the attack on the Shia slum in Sadr City.[1]