February 2007 Shorja market bombings explained
| Shorja market bombings |
| Location: | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date: | 12 February 2007 |
| Timezone: | UTC+3 |
| Type: | Car bombing, fire |
| Fatalities: | 76+ |
| Injuries: | 155-180 |
| Perps: | Unknown |
Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad, Iraq at 12:20 on 12 February 2007 in the Shorja market district, killing 76 people, and injuring 155–180.[1] [2]
The explosions set market stalls, shops, and an adjoining 7-storey building on fire, causing further casualties, and local fire-crews struggled for hours to extinguish the flames.[3] The collapse of a building was also reported. The injured were taken to the nearby Al-Kindi hospital, which struggled to cope with the influx, and more casualties are expected from injuries.[4]
Al-Askari anniversary
The bombings happened during 15 minutes of state endorsed silence, to mark the anniversary[5] of the Al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra, which prompted heavy bloodshed. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was participating in a televised ceremony remembering the victims of the attack, and was speaking when the blasts occurred, only two miles away.[6] Al-Maliki had been calling for calm, unity and reconciliation,[7] and had said that the Iraqi Security Forces were regaining control of Iraq's security situation.
Notes and References
- News: Multiple bomb attack on Baghdad kills 76 . The Independent. London . Kim . Sengupta . 13 February 2007 . 2 April 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070403073447/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2264670.ece . 3 April 2007 .
- News: Dozens killed in Baghdad bombings. BBC News. 12 February 2007. 12 February 2007. 18 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170218071802/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6353487.stm. live.
- News: Cave . Damien . 2007-02-13 . Two Markets Bombed in Central Baghdad, Killing at Least 67 and Wounding 155 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-09 . 0362-4331 . 26 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221126040812/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html . live .
- Web site: Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera . 2023-05-09 . www.aljazeera.com . en . 18 June 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070618183239/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8A2BB5AC-A330-4AF3-8ABA-7177872EC80F.htm . live .
- In the Islamic calendar, 11 days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar.
- http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2264670.ece " Multiple bomb attack on Baghdad kills 76"
- News: Howard . Michael . 2007-02-13 . Silent prayers. Then the inferno . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-09 . 0261-3077 . 14 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814042015/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/13/iraq.topstories3 . live .
