29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings | |
Location: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Target: | Al-Shaab market |
Date: | 29 March 2007 |
Timezone: | UTC+3 |
Type: | Suicide bombings |
Fatalities: | 82[1] |
Injuries: | 138 |
Perps: | Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place. |
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]