February 2016 Sadr City bombings

Sadr City bombings
Part of War in Iraq (2013–2017)
LocationBaghdad, Iraq
Date28 February 2016 (UTC+03:00)
Attack type
Suicide motorcycle bombings
Deaths70
Injured60-100
Perpetrator Islamic State

On 28 February 2016, at least 70 people were killed and 60 wounded in Sadr City, a southern suburb of Baghdad, as two bombs went off at a crowded market. The explosions ripped through a market selling mobile phones in the mainly Shiite Muslim district. The assailants were suicide bombers riding motorcycles through the crowd.