17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings

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17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings
17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings
Bombed buses at the Nahda bus station
Location Baghdad, Iraq
Date August 17, 2005
Attack type car bombs
Deaths 43
Injured 76
Perpetrator(s) no one claimed responsibility

The 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings was a terrorist attack that occurred when three powerful car bombs ripped through civilian targets in central Baghdad, killing 43 people and injuring 76.

Two of the blasts went off within 10 minutes of each other at 0800 (0400 GMT) at the busy Nahda bus station. The third blast happened on the road to a nearby hospital some 15 minutes later, just as victims of the first two attacks were being brought in.

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