2005 Musayyib bombing
Coordinates: 32°46′41″N 44°17′24″E / 32.778°N 44.29°E
| 2005 Musayyib bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Musayyib, Iraq |
| Date | July 16, 2005 |
| Target | market |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 100 |
Non-fatal injuries | 150 |
| Perpetrators | al-Qaeda in Iraq |
The 2005 Musayyib bombing was a suicide attack on a marketplace in Musayyib, Iraq, a town 35 miles south of Baghdad on July 16, 2005. [1]
The attacker had detonated his explosive belt in a crowded marketplace, where hundreds of people had come to shop and mingle after the day's stifling heat subsided. The attack happened as a tanker containing cooking gas was passing, triggering an inferno that destroyed dozens of buildings, including a nearby Shiite mosque where worshipers were emerging from evening prayers.
References
- ↑ "Iraq suicide bombings kill 99". CNN.com. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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