Back تفجيرات عاشوراء في العراق 2004 Arabic Aschuramassaker German Atentados de Ashura de 2004 Spanish بمبگذاری عاشورای ۲۰۰۴ Persian Zamachy podczas Aszury w 2004 roku Polish Atentados no Iraque durante a Ashura de 2004 Portuguese Ashurabombningarna i Irak 2004 Swedish 2004 Irak Aşure Günü saldırıları Turkish
| Karbala Ashura massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) | |
| Location | Karbala and Baghdad, Iraq |
| Date | March 2, 2004 |
| Target | Shi'a Muslims commemorating the Ashura festival, including the Kazimiya shrine |
Attack type | bombing (including car bombs and suicide bombers); mortar, grenade and rocket attacks |
| Deaths | at least 80–100 |
| Injured | at least 150–200 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
| Motive | Anti-Shi'a sentiment |
The Ashura massacre of March 2, 2004 in Iraq was a series of planned terrorist explosions that killed at least 80–100 and injured at least 200 Iraqi Shi'a Muslims commemorating the Day of Ashura.[1] The bombings brought one of the deadliest days in the Iraq occupation after the Iraq War to topple Saddam Hussein.
- ^ "Blasts at Shiite Ceremonies in Iraq Kill More Than 140". New York Times. 2 March 2004. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.