Mustansiriya University bombings
2007 terrorist attack in Iraq
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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]
DateJanuary 16, 2007 (UTC+3)
TargetStudents and staff at Mustansiriya University
Attack type
School bombings, suicide attack and car bombs| Mustansiriya University bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Iraq War, Iraqi insurgency, and the Iraqi civil war | |
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | January 16, 2007 (UTC+3) |
| Target | Students and staff at Mustansiriya University |
Attack type | School bombings, suicide attack and car bombs |
| Deaths | approx. 70 |
| Injured | 169 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
| Motive | Anti-Shi'ism |
