2004 Baqubah bombing

2004 Baqubah bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=2004 Baqubah bombing
location=Baqubah, Iraq
target=police station
date=July 28, 2004
type=suicide bombing
fatalities=68
injuries=100+
The 2004 Baqubah bombing was a suicide attack on a police station in Baqubah, Iraq on July 28, 2004.

Civilians were queuing up to join the police force moments before the car bomb crashed into the crowd. A minibus was also caught up in the blast as it drove past, its 21 passengers and driver were killed. In all, 68 people died.

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3933631.stm Witnesses tell of Baquba horror (BBC)]


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