6_March_2008_Baghdad_bombing

6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing

6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing

Suicide bombing in Iraq

The 6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing was a suicide bombing attack on a shopping district in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, on 6 March 2008, killing 68 people and wounding 120.

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The attack happened in the neighbourhood of Karrada. The attack consisted of a double bombing. A roadside bomb exploded at first and then, when the first responders and other civilians were rushing to help the wounded, a suicide bomber blew himself up.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Baghdad blast toll rises", Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera (7 March 2008).


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