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| 2005 Musayyib bombing | |
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| Location | Musayyib,Iraq |
| Date | July 16, 2005 |
| Target | Marketplace |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 100 |
| Injured | 150 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
The2005 Musayyib bombing was a suicide attack on a marketplace inMusayyib,Iraq, a town 35 miles south ofBaghdad on July 16, 2005.[1]
The attacker had detonated hisexplosive belt in a crowdedmarketplace, 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 nearbyShiamosque where worshipers were emerging from evening prayers.[2][3]
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