6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing

17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	6 March 2008 (UTC+3)
Target	Karrada
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	68^[1]
Non-fatal injuries	120^[1]
Perpetrators	Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place.
Suspected perpetrators	Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Insurgent attacks of the
Iraq War

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2003: 1st Baghdad; 2nd Baghdad; Najaf; 3rd Baghdad; 1st Nasiriyah; 1st Karbala

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2007: 11th Baghdad; 12th Baghdad; ‡ 13th Baghdad; 14th Baghdad; 15th Baghdad; 2nd Al Hillah; ‡ 1st Tal Afar; 16th Baghdad; 17th Baghdad; 2nd & 3rd Karbala; ‡ 18th Baghdad; Makhmour; Abu Sayda; 2nd Samarra; 19th Baghdad; ‡ Amirli; 1st Kirkuk; 20th Baghdad; 21st Baghdad; § Qahtaniya; Amarah

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2010: 31st Baghdad; 32nd Baghdad; 3rd Baqubah; 33rd Baghdad; 34th Baghdad; 35th Baghdad; ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq; 36th Baghdad; 37th Baghdad; 2nd Pan-Iraq; 38th Baghdad; 39th Baghdad; ‡ 40th Baghdad

2011: 41st Baghdad; ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq; Karbala-Baghdad; 42nd Baghdad; Tikrit; 3rd Al Hillah; 3rd Samarra; Al Diwaniyah; Taji; 4th Pan-Iraq; 43rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 44th Baghdad; 2nd Basra

The 6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing was a suicide bombing attack on a shopping district in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, on 6 March 2008, killing 68 people and wounding 120.

The attack happened in the neighbourhood of Karrada. The attack consisted of a double bombing. A roadside bomb exploded at first and then, when the first responders and other civilians were rushing to help the wounded, a suicide bomber blew himself up.^[1]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Baghdad blast toll rises", Al Jazeera (7 March 2008).

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