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GLIDE Record
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Event:
OT Other
Number:
2021-000010
Country:
IRQ Iraq
Location:
Baghdad
Date (YMD):
2021-1-21
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Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
A double suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital, crowded market in central Baghdad, on Thursday 21, January 2021 that killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 100. The target had been Low-income workers. The first bomber entered the marketplace and, pretending to be sick, asked for help, causing people to gather around him before he blew himself up, according to officials and state media. The second bomber then drove to the scene on a motorbike before detonating his explosive vest.
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