January 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attack
| January 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab massacre | |
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| Location | Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria |
| Date | 31 January 2016 |
| Target | Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, Shii'te population |
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Attack type
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Mass murder |
| Weapons | Car bombs[1] |
| Deaths | 71 (including 42 Syrian army and Shi'ite fighters)[1] |
| Injured | 40+[1] |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
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No. of participants
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2+[1] |
| Motive | Sectarian |
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[2] 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.[1][3][4][5][6][7] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.[1] This is second time the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque shrine has been targeted; in February 2015 two suicide attacks killed four people and wounded thirteen.[1]
The death toll rose to 71, including 42 Syrian army and Shi'ite fighters as well as 29 civilians.[8]
See also
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