1995 Zakho bombing
At 8:18am on 27 February 1995, a car bomb exploded in Zakho, a city which is 12 miles from the Turkish border in Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.[1] It happened during the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War, which began nine months earlier. The bomb was made from 330 pounds of dynamite and exploded whilst the car (a taxi) was outside a tea shop which was located in a busy marketplace. 100 people were killed and 150 injured.[1]the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan were suspected.
See also[]
- List of terrorist incidents, 1995
- Terrorism in Iraq
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