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{{Infobox terrorist attack
{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=16 January 2007 Baghdad Mustansiriya University bombing
| title = Mustansiriya University bombings
| partof = the [[Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)|Iraqi civil war]]
|image=
| image =
|location=[[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]
| location = [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]
|target=[[Mustansiriya University]]
| target = Students and staff at [[Mustansiriya University]]
|date=January 16, 2007
| date = January 16, 2007
|time-begin=
|time-end=
| time-begin =
| time-end =
|timezone=[[UTC]]+3
| timezone = [[UTC]]+3
|type=[[School bombing]]s, suicide attack and [[car bomb]]s
| type = [[School bombing]]s, [[suicide attack]] and [[car bomb]]s
|fatalities=ca. 70
| fatalities = approx. 70
|injuries=169
| injuries = 169
|perps=
| perps = Unknown
| motive = [[Anti-Shi'ism]]
}}
}}
{{Campaignbox Iraq War bombings}}
{{Campaignbox Iraq War bombings}}


The '''16 January 2007 Baghdad Mustansiriya University bombing''' was a series of bombing attacks at students and teachers at the largely [[Shiite]] [[Mustansiriya University]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/iraq.main/ Deaths top 100 in Baghdad bombings, shootings], CNN</ref>
The '''Mustansiriya University bombings''' was a series of bombing attacks at students and teachers at the largely [[Shiite]] [[Mustansiriya University]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/iraq.main/ Deaths top 100 in Baghdad bombings, shootings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007103156/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/iraq.main/ |date=2007-10-07 }}, CNN</ref>

==See also==
* [[2007 suicide bombings in Iraq]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL16582814 Double bombing at university kills 60 in Baghdad] [[Reuters]]
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL16582814 Double bombing at university kills 60 in Baghdad] [[Reuters]]
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/17/AR2007011700456.html Bombings Kill 60 at University In Baghdad] ''[[Washington Post]]''
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/17/AR2007011700456.html Bombings Kill 60 at University In Baghdad] ''[[Washington Post]]''
*[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-01-16-violence_x.htm Baghdad university bombing kills 65 as U.N. reports 34,000 Iraqi civilians killed in '06] ''[[USA Today]]''
*[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-01-16-violence_x.htm Baghdad university bombing kills 65 as U.N. reports 34,000 Iraqi civilians killed in '06] ''[[USA Today]]''
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/world/middleeast/17baghdad.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/B/Bush,%20George%20W. 3 Bombs Kill at Least 70 at University in Baghdad] ''[[The New York Times]]''
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/world/middleeast/17baghdad.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/B/Bush,%20George%20W. 3 Bombs Kill at Least 70 at University in Baghdad] ''[[The New York Times]]''
*[http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21266&Cr=iraq&Cr1= Iraq: after university bombing, UNESCO urges Government to defend right to education] [[United Nations]]
*[https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21266&Cr=iraq&Cr1= Iraq: after university bombing, UNESCO urges Government to defend right to education] [[United Nations]]


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[[Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq]]
[[Category:2007 murders in Iraq]]
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[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Baghdad in the 2000s]]
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[[Category:Mass murder in 2007]]
[[Category:School massacres]]
[[Category:School bombings in Asia]]
[[Category:School bombings]]
[[Category:2007 in Baghdad]]
[[Category:21st century in Baghdad]]
[[Category:Attacks on universities and colleges in Asia]]
[[Category:Attacks on universities]]
[[Category:Violence against Shia Muslims in Iraq]]
[[Category:Violence against Shia Muslims in Iraq]]
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[[Category:January 2007 crimes]]
[[Category:Building bombings in Baghdad]]
[[Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)]]
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[[Category:Suicide bombings in 2007]]
[[Category:Car and truck bombings in 2007]]
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Latest revision as of 07:10, 25 April 2024

Mustansiriya University bombings
Part of the Iraqi civil war
LocationBaghdad, Iraq
DateJanuary 16, 2007 (UTC+3)
TargetStudents and staff at Mustansiriya University
Attack type
School bombings, suicide attack and car bombs
Deathsapprox. 70
Injured169
PerpetratorsUnknown
MotiveAnti-Shi'ism

The Mustansiriya University bombings was a series of bombing attacks at students and teachers at the largely Shiite Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Deaths top 100 in Baghdad bombings, shootings Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, CNN

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