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2005 Musayyib bombing
Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
LocationMusayyib, Iraq
DateJuly 16, 2005
TargetMarketplace
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths100
Injured150
PerpetratorsUnknown

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 Shia mosque where worshipers were emerging from evening prayers.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Iraq suicide bombings kill 99". CNN. 18 July 2005. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "MUSAYYB". 2007-06-02. Archived from the original on 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  3. ^ Sarhan, Andy Mosher and Saad (2005-07-18). "Death Toll Rises to 100 in Suicide Blast in Iraq". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-05-11.


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