2016 Karrada bombing

July 2016 Karrada bombing
July 2016 Karrada bombing
Part of the War in Iraq and Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State
	Immediate aftermath of the bombing, with smoke spewing from inside the building
Location	Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq
Date	3 July 2016 ; 00:05 AST (UTC+03)
Target	Western-style shopping centre in a multicultural & multi-faith district of Baghdad.
Attack type	Truck bombing, suicide bombing
Deaths	347+
Injured	250+
Perpetrator	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Motive	Loss of Fallujah

On 3 July 2016, ISIL militants carried out coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed 340 civilians and injured hundreds more.^[4] A few minutes after midnight local time (2 July, 21:00 UTC), a suicide truck-bomb targeted the mainly Shia district of Karrada, busy with late night shoppers for Ramadan. A second roadside bomb was detonated in the suburb of Sha'ab, killing at least five.

ISIL issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack, naming the suicide bomber as Abu Maha al-Iraqi. There were reports that the source of the blast was a refrigerator van packed with explosives. The explosion caused a huge fire on the main street. Several buildings, including the popular Hadi Center, were badly damaged.

On 18 October 2021, Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced that Ghazwan al-Zawbaee, the man behind the bombing was arrested by Iraqi security forces.^[5]^[6]

^ "Baghdad blast killed 292, many burned alive". AFP. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ "Baghdad bombing: Casualties in Karrada rise to 347". Iraqi News. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference Guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Basu, Moni (12 January 2017). "In Iraq, thousands of terrorism's victims go unnamed". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^ "بعد أكثر من 5 سنوات.. الكاظمي يعلن اعتقال المسؤول عن تفجير الكرادة الدامي". baghdadtoday.news (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Iraq captures mastermind of 2016 Islamic State terror attack that killed hundreds - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[1] "Baghdad blast killed 292, many burned alive". AFP. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[2] "Baghdad bombing: Casualties in Karrada rise to 347". Iraqi News. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[Guardian-3] Cite error: The named reference Guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Basu, Moni (12 January 2017). "In Iraq, thousands of terrorism's victims go unnamed". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[5] "بعد أكثر من 5 سنوات.. الكاظمي يعلن اعتقال المسؤول عن تفجير الكرادة الدامي". baghdadtoday.news (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[6] "Iraq captures mastermind of 2016 Islamic State terror attack that killed hundreds - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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