2009 Baghdad bombings

Six car bombings in Baghdad, Iraq August 2021 6 April 2009 Baghdad bombings Various, Baghdad, Iraq 33 20 39 N 44 26 9 E region:IQ-BG_type:landmark inline,title yes 2009 4 6 UTC+3 6 Car bombings 34 124 unknown Anti-Shi'a sentiment Explosives The 6 April 2009 Baghdad Bombings refers to six car bombings across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. It was not known if the attacks were planned or merely coincidental.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/04/20094681326944727.html Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera 6 April 2009 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605182231/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/04/20094681326944727.html live Background The attacks came a week after Iraqi forces putting down an uprising by members of an Awakening Council angry over the arrest of their commander. Despite a seeming decline in violence since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the capability of many armed groups to strike with deadly results still exists. Though the government insists it is only detaining those wanted for grave crimes, certain fighters – many of them former insurgents – see it as settling sectarian scores.http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKLN30565920090406 https://archive.today/20130201074057/http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKLN30565920090406 dead 1 February 2013 Six car bombs kill 34 across Baghdad Reuters 6 April 2009 To this end some 250 Iraqis were killed in violent attacks in the month of March. Attack The bombings in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City resulted in at least 10 deaths and 60 injuries. In the central Allawi district, another explosion killed four people and wounded 15 others. A car bomb targeted the convoy of a senior official in the Ministry of Interior resulting in the death of one civilian and one policeman, while four policemen were injured in a southeastern neighbourhood of New Baghdad. A vehicle explosion near a market in the district of Hussainiya resulted in two more deaths and 12 wounded. Another car bomb near the Doura district killed four people and injured 15 more. Perpetrators There was/were no claim/s of responsibility as yet. Reaction Interior ministry officials have declined to comment on whether the bombings were coordinated. See also List of bombings during the Iraq War References Category:2009 murders in Iraq Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Baghdad 2009-04 Category:2009 mass murders Baghdad Category:2009 in Baghdad Category:Terrorist incidents in Sadr City 2009 Category:April 2009 in Iraq Category:April 2009 crimes in Asia Category:Sadr City in the Iraq War