August 2009 Baghdad bombings

August 2009 Baghdad bombings
LocationBaghdad, Iraq
Date19 August 2009
10:00[1] – (UTC+3)
TargetMultiple
Attack type
Car bombs and mortars
Deaths101[2]
Injured565+[3]
PerpetratorsIslamic State of Iraq (claimed)[4]

The August 2009 Baghdad bombings were three coordinated car bomb attacks and a number of mortar strikes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on 19 August 2009. The explosives were detonated simultaneously across the capital at approximately 10:45 in the morning, killing at least 101 people and wounding at least 565, making it the deadliest attack since the 14 August 2007 Yazidi communities bombings in northern Iraq which killed almost 800 people. The bombings targeted both government and privately-owned buildings.

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  2. ^ "Fresh violence strikes Baghdad". Al Jazeera. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
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