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CHRONOLOGY-The deadliest bomb attacks in Iraq
09 Jul 2007 08:29:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 9 (Reuters) - The death toll from Saturday's truck bomb attack in a market in the northern town of Tuz Khurmato rose to 150, with 250 wounded, local officials said.

Here is a list of some of the deadliest bomb attacks in Iraq this year:

Jan. 16, 2007 - A car bomb and suicide bomber strike the Mustansiriya University in central Baghdad killing at least 70 people and wounding 180.

Jan. 22 - A double car bombing at a second-hand goods market in Bab al-Sharji, central Baghdad, kills 88 people and wounds 160.

Feb. 1 - Two suicide bombers strike at a market in the Shi'ite town of Hilla, killing 61 people and wounding 150.

Feb. 3 - Truck bomb kills 135 people and wounds 305 at a market in the Sadriya quarter of central Baghdad.

Feb. 12 - Multiple car bombs explode in the Shorja wholesale market, killing at least 71 people and wounding 165. At least nine others are killed at the Bab al-Sharji market, also in central Baghdad.

March 6 - Two suicide bombers strike in Hilla, south of Baghdad, killing 105 pilgrims. Insurgents also launch a total of 12 attacks against Shi'ite pilgrims. In all 137 pilgrims died and 310 were wounded.

March 27 - A truck bomb explodes in Tal Afar, close to the Syrian border and the regional capital of Mosul. The final death toll of 152 makes it the deadliest single insurgent attack in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

April 14 - A suicide car bomber kills 40 people and wounds more than 70 at a bus station in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala.

April 18 - Multiple car bombings kill 191 people around Baghdad. Near a market in the central Sadriya neighbourhood, one car bomb kills 140 people and wounded 150.

April 28 - A suicide car bomber kills 60 people and wounds 170 at a checkpoint in Kerbala.

May 13 - Suicide truck bombing in northern town of Makhmour kills 50, with 70 people wounded.

June 19 - A car bomb near the Khilani Shi'ite mosque in central Baghdad kills 87 people.

July 7 - A truck packed with explosives covered with hay blows up in a crowded market in the northern town of Tuz Khurmato, killing 150 people and wounding 250.


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