2005 Balad bombings
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On September 29, 2005, three near-simultaneous car bombs exploded in Balad, Iraq
. The bombs went off in a busy vegetable market, by a bank and by a police station. More than 95 were killed and 100 wounded.
Balad, Iraq
Balad is a city north of Baghdad in the Salah ad Din Governorate Iraq. It is located within the borders of the so-called Sunni Triangle; however, Balad is a primarily Shiite town of approximately 100,000...
. The bombs went off in a busy vegetable market, by a bank and by a police station. More than 95 were killed and 100 wounded.