Buratha Mosque bombing
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| Buratha Mosque bombing | |
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| Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Target(s) | Buratha Mosque |
| Date | April 7, 2006 |
| Attack Type | Triple suicide bombing |
| Fatalities | 85 |
| Injuries | 160 |
| Bombings and terrorist attacks of the Iraq War |
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| 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 Buratha Mosque bombing was a triple suicide bombing that occurred on April 7, 2006 in Baghdad.
[edit] The attacks
The explosions happened when many worshippers were leaving the Buratha Mosque after Friday prayers. The bombers, two of whom were dressed as women, managed to get through the mosque's security checkpoints.
The first suicide bomber detonated after passing through the women's security checkpoint, and entering the mosque. While the second suicide bomber detonated inside the courtyard of the mosque. The third bomber detonated inside the office of Sheikh Jalaluddin al-Saghir, a member of the Iraqi parliament, in an attempt to assassinate him. However, al-Saghir was unharmed in the attack.
In the end the three bombers managed to kill 85 people, and injure 160.
