Qahtaniyah bombings
2007 Qahtaniyah bombings | |
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Part of The truck bombs | |
Deaths | 796 |
Injured | 1,562+ |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
The Qahtaniyah bombings occurred on August 14, 2007, when four coordinated
.796 people were killed and at least 1,500 others were wounded,[1][2][3] making it the Iraq War's deadliest car bomb attack. It is also the third deadliest act of terrorism in world history, after the September 11 attacks in the United States, and the Camp Speicher massacre, also in Iraq.[4] No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Tensions and background
For several months leading up to the attack, tensions had been building up in the area, particularly between Yazidis and
The attack was possibly connected with the
The
Details
The bombings occurred at around 7:20 pm on August 14, 2007, when four co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of
"Hospitals here are running out of medicine. The pharmacies are empty. We need food, medicine and water otherwise there will be an even greater catastrophe," said Abdul-Rahim al-Shimari, mayor of the Baaj district, which includes the devastated villages.[16]
There were 796 people killed and at least 1,562 more wounded.[1][2][3]
Responsibility
No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Iraq's
On September 3, 2007, the U.S. military reportedly killed the suspected mastermind of the bombings, Abu Mohammed al-Afri.[19]
See also
- Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
- Sinjar massacre
- List of Yazidi settlements
- List of 2007 suicide bombings in Iraq
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