Non-fatal injuries 180 Start date February 21, 2016 Total number of deaths 134 Attack types Suicide attack, Car bomb | Motive Sectarian Location Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria Location Sayyidah Zaynab | |
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Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Perpetrator Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Similar 2015 Syrian Air Force An, 2015 Sana'a mosque b, Reyhanlı bombings, 2016 Würzburg train attack, Curtis Culwell Center att | ||
The February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings occurred on 21 February 2016 after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants detonated a car bomb and later launched two suicide bombings, about 400 meters from Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, a Shia shrine, believed to contain the grave of Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter.
Bombings
83 people were killed and 178 wounded, including children. Syrian media said the attack occurred when pupils were leaving school in the area. Foreign led Syrian Observatory said 68 were killed. At least 60 shops were damaged as well as cars in the area. The attack, for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility, was the third attack in one year near the mosque.
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