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On 30 October 2016, ''[[Reuters]]''<ref>http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-iraq-blast-idUKKBN12U0KE</ref> published a report of a [[car bomb]] in that killed "at least 8 people and wounded more than 30 others", which was picked up by the ''[[New York Times]]''<ref>http://archive.is/GrUjw</ref> and other outlets. | On 30 October 2016, ''[[Reuters]]''<ref>http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-iraq-blast-idUKKBN12U0KE</ref> published a report of a [[car bomb]] in that killed "at least 8 people and wounded more than 30 others", which was picked up by the ''[[New York Times]]''<ref>http://archive.is/GrUjw</ref> and other outlets. | ||
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| Date | 30 October 2016 |
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| Location | Hurriyah, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 0 |
The 2016 Hurriyah car bombing hoax was a real bomb in the Hurriyah area of Baghdad. It was reported as having killed people by commercially-controlled media, but a CCTV recording that was later released showed that it killed no one, although people quickly arrived to behave as victims.
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Reporting
On 30 October 2016, Reuters[1] published a report of a car bomb in that killed "at least 8 people and wounded more than 30 others", which was picked up by the New York Times[2] and other outlets.
The Daily Mail reported on the 31st October 2016, that "a parked car bomb — hit a popular fruit and vegetable market near a school in the northwestern Hurriyah area, killing at least 10 people and wounding 34. IS claimed responsibility for the attack".[3]
CCTV footage
The next evening a video was published which appears to be a hand held camera recording of CCTV footage of a bomb. This shows a man walking away from an empty, wrecked car and getting into a white truck, which drives away. A few seconds later the bomb explodes, and a few seconds later about a dozen men run to the scene and lay on the road apparently pretending to have been victims of the car bomb. A van then arrives, men get out and carry the "victims" into the it, as if they had been injured by the blast.
Exposure
Bellingcat reported on it on 4 November, after the video was released.[4]
