2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre
- 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre
Infobox terrorist attack
title=2007 Tal Afar bombings and reprisal killings
caption=
location=Tal Afar, Iraq
target=
date=March 27, 2007
time=
timezone=UTC+3
type=suicide attacks and reprisal summary executions
fatalities=152 and 70
injuries=more than 347
perps=
motive=Campaignbox Iraq War terrorism
The 2007 Tal Afar bombings took place on March 27, 2007, when two truck bombs targeted Shia areas of the town of Tal Afar, Iraq, killing 152 and wounding 347 people. [Al-Jazeera, [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3D8F63EB-8505-4E6F-8220-572E9579D77F.htm Iraqi justice minister resigns] ]
One suicide bomber lured victims to buy wheat loaded on his truck, then detonated it. A second truck bomb exploded in a used car lot.
Reprisal act
After the bombings, gunmen, apparently Shia-affiliated policemen, roamed the town's Sunni neighbourhoods for two hours shooting at Sunni residents and homes. At least 70 people have been handcuffed and shot in the head. [CNN, [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/02/iraq.main/index.html Tal Afar toll tops record for Iraq war's deadliest attack] ]
References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6502337.stm Gunmen kill dozens in Iraqi town]
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