14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Target(s) | Labourers who gathered in Oruba Square |
| Date | September 14, 2005 |
| Attack Type | Suicide bombing |
| Fatalities | 112 |
| Injuries | 160 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| Bombings and terrorist attacks of the Iraq War |
|---|
| Attacks with 80+ casualties in bold: Jordanian embassy – UN headquarters – Imam Ali Mosque – 1st Baghdad – Nasiriyah – Karbala – Irbil – Ashoura – Basra – Baqubah – Kufa – FOB Marez – 1st Al Hillah – Musayyib – 2nd Baghdad – 3rd Baghdad – Khanaqin – Al-Askari Mosque – Buratha Mosque – 1st Sadr City – 2nd Sadr City – 4th Baghdad – 5th Baghdad – 6th Baghdad – 7th Baghdad – 8th Baghdad – 2nd Al Hillah – Tal Afar |
The 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing occurred when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle in a crowd of construction workers who had gathered in Baghdad's Oruba Square looking for jobs.
The attack, which occurred in the mainly Shia district of Kadhimiya, killed 112 people, and injured 160. The Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed that the bombing was in retaliation for a recent offensive against the Iraqi insurgency, but the groups leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi released an audio tape on the same day declaring war against the Shiites in Iraq, so a sectarian motive for the bombing is possible.
