2007 Amirli bombing
Amirli bombing | |
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Location | Amirli, Iraq |
Date | July 7, 2007 |
Target | market |
Attack type | suicide truck bomb |
Deaths | 156 |
Non-fatal injuries | 255 |
The 2007 Amirli bombing was a suicide car bomb attack that occurred on July 7, 2007, in a market in the town of Amirli, Iraq, whose residents are mainly Shia Turkmens. The bombing killed 156 people with 255 injured.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Saturday: 237 Iraqis, 7 GIs, 2 Britons Killed; 316 Iraqis Wounded
- ↑ Iraq market truck bomb kills 105, BBC News
- ↑ Joint Iraqi-US forces detain mastermind behind July's Tuz bombings
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