2005 Musayyib bombing

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2005 Musayyib bombing
Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Location	Musayyib, Iraq
Date	July 16, 2005
Target	Marketplace
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	100
Injured	150
Perpetrators	Unknown

The 2005 Musayyib bombing was a suicide attack on a marketplace in Musayyib, Iraq, a town 35 miles south of Baghdad on July 16, 2005.^[1]

The attacker had detonated his explosive belt in a crowded marketplace, where hundreds of people had come to shop and mingle after the day's stifling heat subsided. The attack happened as a tanker containing cooking gas was passing, triggering an inferno that destroyed dozens of buildings, including a nearby Shia mosque where worshipers were emerging from evening prayers.^[2][3]

References

1. "Iraq suicide bombings kill 99". CNN. 18 July 2005. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. "MUSAYYB". 2007-06-02. Archived from the original on 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
3. Sarhan, Andy Mosher and Saad (2005-07-18). "Death Toll Rises to 100 in Suicide Blast in Iraq". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-05-11.