1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing

The 1 February 2010 Baghdad Bombings was a suicide bombing in Baghdad Iraq which killed at least 54 people, and wounded another 100.

The attack was aimed at a group of Shia pilgrims walking to a religious festival.

[2] The female suicide bomber blew herself up at a rest stop along the route the pilgrims were taking to a Shia religious festival held in Karbala.

The rest stop had a security search area, which is where the bomber detonated her explosives belt.

There was a similar attack on the same pilgrims last year, which killed 40.