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2013 Iraq Christmas Day bombings

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Location
  
Baghdad, Iraq

Non-fatal injuries
  
70

Total number of deaths
  
38

Target
  
Christians

Date
  
25 December 2013

Attack type
  
Bomb

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On 25 December 2013, three separate bombings in Baghdad, Iraq targeted Christians, killing 38 people and wounding 70 others.

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Bombings

Two bombs first exploded simultaneously in an outdoor market in the Christian section of Athorien in Baghdad. The market attack killed 11 and wounded 14.

A few minutes later, about half a mile away, a car bomb went off near St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Baghdad's southern Dora neighborhood. According to officials, "The bomb detonated at the end of Christmas prayers as worshipers were leaving the church." This bombing killed 27 and wounded 56.

In total, the bombings targeting the two Christian-populated sites killed 38 and wounded 70. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Reaction

  • The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad condemned the attacks in a statement: "The Christian community in Iraq has suffered deliberate and senseless targeting by terrorists for many years, as have many other innocent Iraqis. The United States abhors all such attacks and is committed to its partnership with the government of Iraq to combat the scourge of terrorism."

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