1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings
- 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings
Infobox terrorist attack
title=1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings
caption=Location of Baghdad in Iraq
location=Baghdad, Iraq
target=
date=August 1, 2007
time-begin=
time-end=
timezone=UTC+3
type=Suicide bomb and car bombs
fatalities=74
injuries=60+
susperps=
perps=Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place.The 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings occurred on August 1, 2007, when several suicide bombings and car bombings occurred in Baghdad, capital of Iraq.
The bombings included:
* A fuel tanker truck rigged with explosives killed at least 50 people when a suicide bomber detonated it near a gas station in Baghdad's western Mansour district. Around 60 more were injured by the blast, police said. Police believe the bomber lured motorists queueing for petrol to his fuel tanker, and then detonated the explosives.
* A roadside car bomb went off in the al-Harithiya area, killing one person.
* A suicide bomber killed three in southern Doura district.
* At least 20 people were left dead when a parked car bomb exploded at Hurriya Square in the busy central district of Karrada. [cite news | title = Scores killed in Baghdad blasts | publisher = Al Jazeera English | date = 2007-08-01 | url = http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/557B1B45-A79A-4D11-9889-31BFF0D4CB87.htm | accessdate = 2007-09-08 ]
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