2005 Khanaqin bombings
2005 Khanaqin bombings | |
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Location | Khanaqin, Iraq |
Date | November 18, 2005 (UTC+3) |
Target | 2 Shiite mosques |
Attack type | |
Deaths | at least 74 |
Injured | more than 100 |
Perpetrators | al-Qaeda in Iraq[citation needed] |
2005 Khanaqin bombings were suicide attacks on two Shia mosques in Khanaqin, Iraq (near the Iranian border), on November 18, 2005.
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- Iraq suicide attacks kill dozens, BBC News, 18 November 2005
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