14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing | |
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Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
Date | 14 September 2005 |
Target | Labourers who gathered in Oruba Square |
Attack type | Suicide bombings |
Deaths | 182 [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Injured | 679 [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
The 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings were a series of more than a dozen terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The most deadly bombing occurred when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle in a crowd of construction workers who had gathered in Baghdad's Oruba Square looking for jobs. The attack, which occurred in the mainly Shia district of Kadhimiya, killed 112 people, and injured 160.
Events in the year 2005 in Iraq.
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This list is limited to bombings and does not include other forms of attacks.
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