February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing
The February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing was the detonation of a large truck bomb in a busy market in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The suicide attack killed at least 135 people and injured 339 others. The bomb, estimated to be about one ton in weight, brought down at least 10 buildings and coffee shops and obliterated market stalls in a largely Shi‘ite enclave less than a half-mile from the Tigris River.
| Al-Saydiya market bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Iraqi civil war | |
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | 3 February 2007 (UTC+3) |
| Target | Al-Saydiya market |
Attack type | Murder-suicide truck bombing |
| Weapons | Truck bombs |
| Deaths | 135 |
| Injured | 339 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
| Motive | Anti-Shi'ism |
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