19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings
19 September Baghdad bombings | |
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Date | 19 September 2010 (UTC+4) |
Attack type
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coordinated bomb detonations, car bombs |
Deaths | 31+ |
Injured | 100+ |
Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq |
The 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings were a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq that killed at least 31 people, in two neighbourhoods of the capital.[1] Over a hundred more were wounded.[2] On 24 September the Islamic state of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.[3]
Background
Iraqis blamed the political deadlock in their country for the attacks as Iraqi authorities are struggling to form a unity government since March 2010 elections which rendered no single bloc to form a majority win and hence depending upon each other for forming a coalition government.[2][4]
Further the attacks in recent days also coincided with the USA's decision to downsize its troops in Iraq and handing over the security to Iraqi forces.[2][5]
Attacks
On 19 September 2010 two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital almost simultaneously at around 10:10 am.[5] The first (and most powerful) car bomb exploded in the residential Mansour district killing 10 people.[4] The attack was in front of the local sales office of Asiacell (an Iraqi mobile phone company), although it is not clear if this was the specific target.[5][6]
Minutes later, a second attack occurred, in the predominantly Shia neighborhood of Al Kadhimiyah.[5] Apparently aimed at an office of the Iraqi Federal Police and the National Security Ministry in Adan Square, it killed approximately 21 people and injured 71.[4][7] A witness described the attack; "It was a minibus – the driver stopped and told people nearby that he was going to go see a doctor, a few minutes later, it exploded."[5]
Perpetrators and aftermath
On 24 September Al-Qaida's the Islamic state of Iraq front group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.[8]
References
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See also
- Use dmy dates from March 2012
- Pages using infobox civilian attack with unknown parameters
- Iraq articles missing geocoordinate data
- 2010 in Iraq
- Mass murder in 2010
- Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency
- Car and truck bombings in Iraq
- Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010
- 21st century in Baghdad
- Violence against Shia Muslims in Iraq