Event
A series of bombings occur in Karbala, Iraq
2 Mar 2004 · 32.62° N, 44.03° E
What the records say
- When
- 2 Mar 2004
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 32.62° N, 44.03° E
- Description
- A series of bombings occur in Karbala, Iraq, killing over 140 Shia Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura.
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Karbala.
Summary
A series of bombings occur in Karbala, Iraq, killing over 140 Shia Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Irak Aşure Günü saldırıları: Irak'ın Kerbela kentinde Aşure Günü nedeniyle 140'ın üzerinde Şii Müslüman'ın ölümüne neden olan bir dizi bombalama gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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