January 2017 Azaz bombing | |
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Part of the Syrian civil war | |
Location | Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
Date | 7 January 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-07) |
Attack type | Car bombing |
Weapons | Car bomb |
Deaths | 60+ |
Injured | 50 |
Perpetrators | ISIS |
Motive | Terrorism (suspected) |
The January 2017 Azaz bombing occurred on 7 January 2017 when a car bomb exploded in front of a courthouse and near a market in the rebel-held city of Azaz, Syria, killing at least 60 people, mostly civilians, and wounding around 50 others.[1] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was suspected and blamed for the attack.[2]