2015 Sadr City market truck bombing

Terrorist attack in Iraq 2015 Baghdad bombings (disambiguation)2015 Baghdad bombings May 2023 Sadr City market truck bombing War in Iraq (2013–2017) Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq 33 23 20 N 44 27 30 E 2015 08 13 y Mass murder, truck bomb At least 76https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-violence-idUSKCN0QI0DE20150813 Islamic State claims huge truck bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City Reuters 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150813055223/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-violence-idUSKCN0QI0DE20150813 live At least 212 Shiite civilians Islamic State Truck bombs On 13 August 2015, a truck bombing attack was launched targeting a Baghdad food market in Sadr City, a predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood. Attack On 13 August 2015, shortly after 06:00 local time (03:00 UTC), a bomb-packed refrigeration truck was detonated in Sadr City. 2015 August 13, at least 76 people were confirmed to have been killed in the bombing, with at least 212 more injured. The market in the Shi'ite neighborhood is one of the biggest in Baghdad selling wholesale food items. This incident caused much resentment against the government for the continued terror attacks in the city.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/13/truck-bomb-leaves-scores-dead-at-market-in-iraq Isis bombing leaves scores dead at market in Baghdad The Guardian 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 10 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190410214900/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/13/truck-bomb-leaves-scores-dead-at-market-in-iraq live https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/baghdad-truck-bomb-more-than-60-dead-after-explosion-in-busy-iraqi-marketplace-10453041.html Baghdad truck bomb: More than 60 dead after explosion in busy Iraq marketplace The Independent 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 14 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150814001651/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/baghdad-truck-bomb-more-than-60-dead-after-explosion-in-busy-iraqi-marketplace-10453041.html live Responsibility Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack,https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-iraq.html Truck Bombing at Baghdad Market Kills 62; IS Claims Blast The New York Times 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150813110901/http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-iraq.html live stating that "God has enabled the soldiers of the Islamic State to detonate a parked, booby-trapped truck amid a gathering of apostates in one of their most important Shiite majority strongholds, in Sadr City."https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/middleeast/baghdad-truck-bomb.html Truck Bomb Kills About 60 at Market in Baghdad Neighborhood of Sadr City The New York Times 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150813134856/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/middleeast/baghdad-truck-bomb.html live According to the group, the attack targeted members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces, largely comprising Shi'ite militias allied with the Iraqi government. However, CNN reported the top United Nations official in Iraq, Gyorgy Busztin, as saying that the victims were "innocent civilians."https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/middleeast/iraq-blast/ Blast at Baghdad market kills dozens; ISIS claims responsibility CNN 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 16 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150816062909/http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/middleeast/iraq-blast live Aftermath In response to the attack, local residents attacked police and security responders, blaming the government for continued attacks in Baghdad.https://www.wsj.com/articles/scores-killed-in-baghdad-truck-bomb-1439449203 Scores Killed in Baghdad Truck Bomb The Wall Street Journal 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150813094237/http://www.wsj.com/articles/scores-killed-in-baghdad-truck-bomb-1439449203 live Shiite lawmaker Hakim al-Zamili, head of Iraq's parliamentary security committee, called for a review of security procedures, including the establishment of local patrols, as well as enhancing the country's intelligence capabilities.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-officials-huge-truck-bomb-in-baghdad-market-kills-54/2015/08/13/a67e0d7e-417c-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150813104556/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-officials-huge-truck-bomb-in-baghdad-market-kills-54/2015/08/13/a67e0d7e-417c-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html dead 13 August 2015 Truck bomb targeting Shiites kills 67 at Baghdad market The Washington Post 13 August 2015 13 August 2015 See also Iraq 2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing List of Islamist terrorist attacks List of terrorist incidents, 2015 List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State Timeline of the Iraq War (2015) Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State References Category:Baghdad during the War in Iraq (2013–2017) Category:2015 murders in Iraq Category:21st-century mass murders in Baghdad Category:Marketplace attacks in Baghdad Category:2015 mass murders Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Baghdad Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2015 Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Baghdad Category:Terrorist incidents in Sadr City Category:2015 in Baghdad Category:Terrorist incidents in Baghdad in the 2010s Category:Suicide bombings in 2015 Category:August 2015 crimes in Asia Category:August 2015 in Iraq Category:Car and truck bombings in 2015 Category:Islamic State suicide bombings Category:Terrorist incidents against Muslims in 2015 Category:Terrorist incidents against Shia Muslims in the 2010s