On January 2, 2017, at least three suicide car bombings took place in a Shia Muslim eastern district of Sadr 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] The French President François Hollande was in the city during the attacks.[2][3]
| January 2017 Baghdad bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of War in Iraq | |
  Baghdad Baghdad (Iraq) | |
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | 2 January 2017 |
| Target | Shiite civilians |
Attack type | car bombings, IEDs |
| Weapons | Car bombs |
| Deaths | At least 56 |
| Injured | At least 120-122[1] |
| Perpetrators |  ISIS |
Responsibility
The jihadist group Islamic State claimed the responsibility of attacks, with a targeted attack on a "gathering of Shia".[4]