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1-2 by 2 car bombs at a checkpoint near Abbas Ibn Firnas Square on road to Baghdad Airport

Incident m848
Type two car bombs exploding seconds apart
Deaths recorded 1-2
Targeted or hit convoy of Shiite MP Bahaa Al-Araji, civilians and possibly a bodyguard killed
Place near Abbas Ibn Firnas Square on the road ('Route Irish') to Baghdad International Airport
Date and time 15 April 2013, 9.00 am
Sources NINA 15 Apr
AIN 15 Apr
REU 15 Apr
Shafaq News 15 Apr

Individuals for whom only demographic or other non-personal information was reported

Number killed Occupation Age Sex
1 Bodyguard Adult Male

Only demographic information, without any identifying details, was available for one person recorded killed.

Neither personal nor demographic information was reported for potentially one other person killed in this entry.