| 2005 Musayyib bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Musayyib, Iraq |
| Date | July 16, 2005 |
| Target | Marketplace |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 100 |
| Injured | 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 Shia mosque where worshipers were emerging from evening prayers.
References
- ^ "Iraq suicide bombings kill 99". CNN. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2017.