2004 Erbil bombings

2004 Erbil bombing
Memorial of 2004 Erbil bombing in Sami Abdulrahman Park
Location	Erbil, Iraq
Date	February 1, 2004
Target	Headquarters of PUK and KDP
Attack type	Suicide bombings
Deaths	117
Injured	133
Perpetrators	Al-Qaeda in Iraq

The 2004 Erbil bombings was a double suicide attack on the offices of Iraqi Kurdish political parties in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan on 1 February 2004. The attackers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies as hundreds gathered to celebrate Eid Al-Adha in Erbil.

A former government minister, the deputy governor of Erbil Governorate and the city's police chief were among those killed at offices of northern Iraq's main political groups, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). The attacks occurred as party leaders were receiving hundreds of visitors to mark the start of Eid.

The Al-Hayat newspaper speculated that the bombings may have been retribution for the capture of bin Laden's courier Hassan Ghul in Iraqi Kurdistan.^[1]

See also[]

• 2005 Erbil bombing
• 2013 Erbil bombings
• 2021 Erbil missile attacks

References[]

External links[]

• Al-Nahr, Naseer (February 2, 2004). "Twin Bombings Kill 56 in Irbil". Arabnews.com. Retrieved May 11, 2015.

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