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21 April 2004 Basra bombings
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| 2004 Basra bombings | |
|---|---|
| Location | Samarra, Iraq |
| Target(s) | Police stations |
| Date | April 21, 2004 |
| Attack type | car bombs |
| Deaths | 74 |
| Injured | 100+ |
| Major terrorist attacks of the Iraq War |
|---|
| Attacks with 100+ fatalities in bold: 1st Baghdad – 2nd Baghdad – Najaf – 3rd Baghdad – Irbil – Ashoura – Basra – Mosul – 4th Baghdad – Karbala-Najaf – Baqubah – Kufa – 1st Al Hillah – Musayyib – 5th Baghdad – 6th Baghdad – Khanaqin – Karbala-Ramadi – 1st Sammara – 7th Baghdad – 8th Baghdad – 9th Baghdad – 10th Baghdad – 11th Baghdad – 12th Baghdad – 13th Baghdad – 14th Baghdad – 2nd Al Hillah – Tal Afar – 15th Baghdad – 16th Baghdad – 1st Karbala – 17th Baghdad – 2nd Karbala – Makhmour – Abu Sayda – 2nd Sammara – 18th Baghdad – Amirli – Kirkuk – 19th Baghdad – 20th Baghdad – Qahtaniya |
On April 21, 2004, a series of large car bomb explosions ripped through Basra, Iraq. 74 people died and more than 100 were injured. The attacks were some of the deadliest in southern Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Three separate bombs exploded outside police stations in central Basra; two in the Ashar area and one in the Old City. In these bombings, many children on passing buses were killed.
A fourth, separate attack also occurred around the same time in the town of Az Zubayr. In the fourth attack, two car bombs exploded which killed three Iraqis and wounded five British soldiers of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, one seriously. British forces trying to aid casualties were stoned by crowds, who blamed the coalition for not doing enough to protect Iraqi citizens from such attacks.
- Scores killed in Iraqi bombings April 21, 2004 BBC
- 5 Iraqis arrested for Basra bombings April 24, 2004 CBS