Weapons Car bombs No. of participants 2+ Date 31 January 2016 Attack type Mass murder | Non-fatal injuries 40+ Motive Sectarian Location Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria | |
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Target Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Shii'te population Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Total number of deaths 71 (including 42 Syrian army and Shi'ite fighters) Perpetrator Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||
On 31 January 2016, two suicide bombs and a car bomb exploded in the mainly Shi'ite town of Sayyidah Zaynab near Syria's holiest Shi'ite shrine, the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque. At least 60 people were killed including 25 Shi'ite fighters and another 110 people were wounded in the explosions. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack. This is second time the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque shrine has been targeted; in February 2015 two suicide attacks killed four people and wounded thirteen.
The death toll rose to 71, including 42 Syrian army and Shi'ite fighters as well as 29 civilians.
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January 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attack Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA