27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing

27 January 2012 Baghdad bombings
Part of Iraqi insurgency (post U.S. withdrawal)
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	27 January 2012 (UTC+3)
Attack type	Car bombing
Deaths	32^[1]
Injured	71^[1]

Iraqi insurgency
(2011–2013)

Timeline

2011
2012
2013

1st Baghdad
2nd Baghdad & Nasiriyah
Basra
3rd Baghdad
1st Pan-Iraq
2nd Pan-Iraq
4th Baghdad & Hilla
‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq
‡ 4th Pan-Iraq
‡ 5th Pan-Iraq
‡ 6th Pan-Iraq
7th Pan-Iraq
Tuz Khormato
1st Kirkuk
Akashat
8th Pan-Iraq
Tikrit
9th Pan-Iraq
5th Baghdad
‡ Hawija
‡ 10th Pan-Iraq
al-Shabah
6th Baghdad
11th Pan-Iraq
12th Pan-Iraq
‡ 13th Pan-Iraq
7th Baghdad
14th Pan-Iraq
‡ 15th Pan-Iraq
Camp Ashraf
8th Baghdad
‡ 16th Pan-Iraq
Samarra
‡ 9th Baghdad
2nd Kirkuk
10th Baghdad
11th Baghdad

‡ indicates incidents resulting in over 100 deaths

At least 32 people were killed and 71 wounded in the 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing. A suicide bomber targeting Shias detonated his vehicle at a funeral tent in Zaafaraniyah district in the south of Baghdad. The procession was being held for a local real estate broker who had been murdered by unidentified gunmen the previous day.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Factbox – Security developments in Iraq, January 28". Thomson Reuters Foundation. Reuters. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ "Iraq suicide blast kills dozens in Baghdad". CBS News. Associated Press. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.