22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings

22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings
Part of the Iraqi civil war
LocationBab Al-Sharqi market of Baghdad, Iraq
Date22 January 2007
12:00 – 17:00 (UTC+3)
TargetShiite marketplace
Attack type
Car bombs
Deaths88
Injured160
PerpetratorsUnknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place.
MotiveAnti-Shi'ism

The 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings was a terrorist attack that occurred when two powerful car bombs ripped through the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, killing at least 88 people and wounding 160 others in one of the bloodiest days since the US invasion of Iraq.[1] The attack occurred two days after the start of the 10-day Shiite mourning period leading up to Ashura. It also coincided with the arrival of 3,200 additional troops into Baghdad as part of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Scores killed in Iraq bloodshed". 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.