28 September 2008 Baghdad bombings | |
Location: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Target: | Civilian population |
Date: | 28 September 2008 |
Timezone: | UTC+3 |
Type: | Bombing Car bombing |
Fatalities: | 32 |
Injuries: | 100 |
Perps: | unknown |
The 28 September 2008 Baghdad bombings were a series of bombings that occurred on 28 September 2008, killing a total of 32 and injuring 100. The first car bomb of the day was planted in a minibus and was detonated late in the afternoon in the Shurta neighbourhood of south Baghdad, killing 12. Shortly after, a car bomb detonated in a parking lot of a market in the nearby Hay al-Amil district killing one. Later in the evening, a third car bomb and a roadside bomb was detonated in the Karrada district killing 19 people dead and injuring 70.[1]