29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings

29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings

Infobox terrorist attack
title=29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings


location=Baghdad, Iraq
target=Al-Shaab market
date=29 March, 2007
time-begin=
time-end=
timezone=UTC+3
type=Suicide bombings
fatalities=82 [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=focusoniraq&xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/March/focusoniraq_March201.xml "Death toll rises to 82 from Baghdad blasts"] , AFP ("Khaleej Times Online"), 30 March 2007]
injuries=138
susperps=Al Qaeda in Iraq
perps=Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place.

The 29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings was a March 29, 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.

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