2004 Baqubah bombing

2004 Baquba bombing

Location	Baquba, Iraq
Date	28 July 2004 (UTC+3)
Target	Civilian population
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	68
Non-fatal injuries	dozens
Suspected perpetrators	Islamic State of Iraq

Insurgent attacks of the
Iraq War

‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
§ indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War
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2003: 1st Baghdad; 2nd Baghdad; Najaf; 3rd Baghdad; 1st Nasiriyah; 1st Karbala

2004: ‡ Irbil; ‡ Ashoura; 1st Basra; Mosul (2004); 4th Baghdad; 5th Baghdad; Karbala-Najaf; 1st Baqubah; Kufa; FOB Marez

2005: ‡ 1st Al Hillah; ‡ Musayyib; 6th Baghdad; ‡ 7th Baghdad; 1st Balad; Khanaqin

2006: ‡ Karbala-Ramadi; 1st Samarra; 8th Baghdad; 9th Baghdad; ‡ 10th Baghdad

2007: 11th Baghdad; 12th Baghdad; ‡ 13th Baghdad; 14th Baghdad; 15th Baghdad; 2nd Al Hillah; ‡ 1st Tal Afar; 16th Baghdad; 17th Baghdad; 2nd & 3rd Karbala; Mosul (2007); ‡ 18th Baghdad; Makhmour; Abu Sayda; 2nd Samarra; 19th Baghdad; ‡ Amirli; 1st Kirkuk; 20th Baghdad; 21st Baghdad; § Qahtaniya; Amarah

2008: 22nd Baghdad; 2nd Balad; 23rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 24th Baghdad; Karmah; 2nd Baqubah; Dujail; Balad Ruz

2009: 25th Baghdad; 26th Baghdad; Baghdad-Muqdadiyah; Taza; 27th Baghdad; 2nd Kirkuk; 2nd Tal Afar; ‡ 28th Baghdad; ‡ 29th Baghdad; ‡ 30th Baghdad

2010: 31st Baghdad; 32nd Baghdad; 3rd Baqubah; 33rd Baghdad; 34th Baghdad; 35th Baghdad; ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq; 36th Baghdad; 37th Baghdad; 2nd Pan-Iraq; 38th Baghdad; 39th Baghdad; ‡ 40th Baghdad

2011: 41st Baghdad; ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq; Karbala-Baghdad; 42nd Baghdad; Tikrit; 3rd Al Hillah; 3rd Samarra; Al Diwaniyah; Taji; 4th Pan-Iraq; 43rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 44th Baghdad; 2nd Basra

The 2004 Baquba bombing occurred next to a local market and a police station on 28 July 2004, in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, targeting civilians that were lined up waiting to sign up as police volunteers. According to witnesses, a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the queue outside the building and detonated the explosive charges. The force of the blast was huge and completely destroyed a minivan that was parking nearby, killing all 21 people inside. A total of 68 Iraqis perished in the attack and scores more were wounded. The city of Baquba went on to become an important center for the Iraqi insurgency and was declared to be the center of operations for the Islamic State of Iraq in 2006, before US troops moved in and forced the group to relocate. It was the site of almost daily incidents, including major attacks in 2008 and 2010.^[1]

References

^ "Scores killed in Iraq bomb attack". BBC. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

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