Mustansiriya University bombings explained

Mustansiriya University bombings
Partof:the Iraqi civil war
Location:Baghdad, Iraq
Target:Students and staff at Mustansiriya University
Date:January 16, 2007
Timezone:UTC+3
Type:School bombings, suicide attack and car bombs
Fatalities:approx. 70
Injuries:169
Perps:Unknown
Motive:Anti-Shi'ism

The Mustansiriya University bombings was a series of bombing attacks at students and teachers at the largely Shiite Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded.[1]

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  1. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/iraq.main/ Deaths top 100 in Baghdad bombings, shootings

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