Mustansiriya University bombings

Mustansiriya University bombings
Part of the Iraqi civil war
LocationBaghdad, Iraq
DateJanuary 16, 2007 (UTC+3)
TargetStudents and staff at Mustansiriya University
Attack type
School bombings, suicide attack and car bombs
Deathsapprox. 70
Injured169
PerpetratorsUnknown
MotiveAnti-Shi'ism

The Mustansiriya University bombings was a series of bombing attacks at students and teachers at the largely Shiite Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded.[1]