6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing

6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing


location=Baghdad, Iraq
target=Karrada
date=6 March 2008
time-begin=
time-end=
timezone=UTC+3
type=Suicide bombing
fatalities=68
injuries=120
susperps=Al-Qaeda in Iraq
perps=Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place.

The 6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing was a suicide bombing attack on a shopping district in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, on 6 March 2008, killing 68 people and wounding 120.

The attack happened in the neighbourhood of Karrada. The attack consisted of a double bombing. A roadside bomb exploded at first and then, when the first responders and other civilians were rushing to help the wounded, a suicide bomber blew himself up. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/03/2008525124212434719.html "Baghdad blast toll rises"] , Al Jazeera (07 March 2008).]

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