29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings

29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	29 March 2007 (UTC+3)
Target	Al-Shaab market
Attack type	Suicide bombings
Deaths	82^[1]
Non-fatal injuries	138
Perpetrators	Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place.
Suspected perpetrators	Al Qaeda in Iraq

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The 29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings was a 29 March 2007, double suicide attack on the al-Shaab market in a Shiite district of northeastern Baghdad.

The two bombers, wearing explosive vests, walked into the al-Shaab market as it was packed with shoppers and blew themselves up. The death toll eventually climbed to 82 killed and 138 people were also wounded.^[1]

References

1 2 "Death toll rises to 82 from Baghdad blasts" Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine., AFP (Khaleej Times Online), 30 March 2007

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