On 7 February 2015 three separate bombings in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, killed at least 36 people.[1] At least 70 people were also injured.[1] The bombings occurred shortly before a curfew that had been in place for a decade was lifted, but Saad Maan, a spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said that he did not think the bombings were linked to the curfew.[2] On 9 February two more bombings occurred in Baghdad, one in Kadhimiya and the other in a northern Baghdad suburb. These bombings killed a total of at least 15 people.[3]
The first attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber in a restaurant in New Baghdad.[1] The second attack occurred in the Shorja market district, and involved two bombs placed about 25 meters apart from each other.[4] The third attack occurred at the Abu Cheer market.[5] The bombings on 7 February killed at least 22, 10, and two people, respectively.[2] In addition to those dead, the attack in New Baghdad also wounded 45 people, the attack in Shorja wounded 26 people, and the attack in Abu Cheer wounded 15 people.[6]
Perpetrators
Maan has accused the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant of perpetrating the attacks to reassert their presence in Baghdad.[7] ISIL later claimed responsibility for the 7 February attack in New Baghdad, and said this bomber was targeting Shiites.[8] No group or individual has yet claimed responsibility for the 9 February attacks.[3]
