The January 2017 Azaz bombing occurred on 7 January 2017 when a car bomb exploded in front of a courthouse and near a market in the rebel-held city of Azaz, Syria, killing at least 60 people, mostly civilians, and wounding around 50 others.[1] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was suspected and blamed for the attack.[2]
| January 2017 Azaz bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Syrian civil war | |
 Azaz, Syria during the Syrian civil war | |
  Azaz Azaz (Syria) | |
| Location | Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
| Date | 7 January 2017 |
Attack type | Car bombing |
| Weapons | Car bomb |
| Deaths | 60+ |
| Injured | 50 |
| Perpetrators |  ISIS |
| Motive | Terrorism (suspected) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Syria conflict: Bomb kills dozens in Azaz on Turkish border". BBC News. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Car bomb kills at least 60 in Syria's Azaz". Al-Arabiya. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.