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1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	1 February 2010 11.45AM – (UTC+3)
Target	Mutiple
Attack type	Suicide Bomber
Death(s)	approx 54 ^[1]
Injured	117
Suspected perpetrator(s)	Al-Qaeda

The 1 February 2010 Baghdad Bombings was a sucide bombing in Baghdad Iraq which killed at least 54 people, and wounded another 100. The attack was aimed at a group of pilgrims walking to a religious festival.^[2]

Attack

The female suicide bomber blew herself up at a rest stop along the route the pilgrims were taking to a Shia religious festival held in Karbala. The rest stop had a security search area, which is where the bomber detonated her explosives belt. There was a similar attack on the same pilgrims last year, which killed 40.^[3]

References

See also

Major insurgent attacks
during the Iraq War

Bold indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
Purple color indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War

2003: 1st Baghdad – 2nd Baghdad – Najaf – 3rd Baghdad – Nasiriyah – 1st Karbala – 2004: Irbil – Ashoura – Basra – Mosul – 4th Baghdad – 5th Baghdad – Karbala-Najaf – 1st Baqubah – Kufa – FOB Marez – 2005: 1st Al Hillah – Musayyib – 6th Baghdad – 7th Baghdad – 1st Balad – Khanaqin – 2006: Karbala-Ramadi – 1st Samarra – 8th Baghdad – 9th Baghdad – 10th Baghdad – 2007: 11th Baghdad – 12th Baghdad – 13th Baghdad – 14th Baghdad – 15th Baghdad – 2nd Al Hillah – 1st Tal Afar – 16th Baghdad – 17th Baghdad – 2nd Karbala – 18th Baghdad – 3rd Karbala – Makhmour – Abu Sayda – 2nd Samarra – 19th Baghdad – Amirli – 1st Kirkuk – 20th Baghdad – 21st Baghdad – Qahtaniya – Amarah – 2008: 22nd Baghdad – 2nd Balad – 23rd Baghdad – 4th Karbala – 24th Baghdad – Karmah – 2nd Baqubah – Dujail – Balad Ruz – 2009: 25th Baghdad – 26th Baghdad – Baghdad-Muqdadiyah – Taza – 27th Baghdad – 2nd Kirkuk – 2nd Tal Afar – 28th Baghdad – 29th Baghdad – 30th Baghdad – 2010: 31st Baghdad – 32nd Baghdad – 3rd Baqubah

List of terrorist incidents, 2010

Categories: Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq | Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010

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