14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing

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14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing
Location Baghdad, Iraq
Date September 14, 2005
Attack type Suicide bombing
Deaths 112
Injured 160
Perpetrator(s) Al-Qaeda in Iraq

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.

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