21 September 2013 Iraq attacks

21 September 2013 Baghdad attack
Part of Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
Locationcentral and northern Iraq
(centered on Baghdad)
Date21 September 2013
TargetShia civilians, Iraqi security forces (Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police), Sahwa militias
Attack type
Car bombings, suicide bombings, roadside bombings, shootings
Weapons
Deaths115
Injured255

On 21 September 2013, a series of car and suicide bombings struck the central and northern regions of Iraq, with the largest attack targeting a funeral in Sadr City, a predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood of Baghdad. The attacks left at least 115 dead and more than 200 others injured.