| January 2017 Baghdad bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part ofWar in Iraq | |
  Baghdad Baghdad (Iraq) | |
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | 2 January 2017 (2017-01-02) |
| Target | Shiite civilians |
Attack type | car bombings, IEDs |
| Weapons | Car bombs |
| Deaths | At least 56 |
| Injured | At least 120-122[1] |
| Perpetrator |  Islamic State |
On January 2, 2017, at least three suicide car bombings took place in aShia Muslim eastern district ofSadr City, as well as behind the Kindi and Imam Ali hospitals, killing 56 people and injuring more than 120 others.Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's prime minister, had informed in a news conference that the suicide bombing, in Sadr City's busy market, was operated by the suicide bomber who detonated a vehicle with explosives. The bomber had pretended to hire day labourers in the market; once labourers gathered near the vehicle, the vehicle was detonated by him.[1] TheFrench PresidentFrançois Hollande was in the city during the attacks.[2][3]
The jihadist groupIslamic State claimed the responsibility of attacks, with a targeted attack on a "gathering of Shia".[4]