Editing 2021 Baghdad bombings

[[File:2021Baghdadbombings_copy_800x449.jpg|thumb|Secuirty footage of the blast site.]]
The '''2021 Baghdad bombings''' were terrorist attacks that occurred on 21 January 2021, carried out by two [[Suicide Bombing|suicide bombers]] at an open-air market in central Baghdad, Iraq. They killed at least 32 people and injured another 110. The capital city had seen no suicide bombings since a 2019 attack.

Since late 2017, the period in which [[the Islamic State]] was defeated, terrorist attacks in Iraq became rare. From 2003 to 2017, attacks were common in the entire country, with Baghdad and nearby cities being the main targets. The last major deadly attack against civilians, during the post-war period, occurred in January 2018 at the same location, leaving 35 people dead.

In the early hours of the morning, a clothing market in Tayaran Square, Baghdad, was crowded as people were shopping after the market recently reopened, after being closed for about a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq. An attacker entered and yelled "my stomach is hurting". As nearby people got close to him, he pressed a detonator in his hand and blew himself up, killing several people. A second suicide bomber then struck and killed people who were helping victims of the first bombing. 36 civilians were killed and more than 110 others wounded in the bombings, several of whom are in critical conditions.

Amaq News Agency credited Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant bombers. The claim, which was released hours after the attack, stated that the organization targeted Shia Muslims.

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