2010 Trade Bank of Iraq bombings explained

20 June 2010 Baghdad bombings were carried out by two suicide bombers outside Trade Bank of Iraq.[1] At least 26 people were killed and 50 people were injured when two suicide bombers drove their cars and exploded them simultaneously in front of the bank's headquarters in central Baghdad.[2] The two cars, each carrying 80kg (180lb) of ammonium nitrate exploded after striking the blast walls protecting the bank.[3]

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  1. Web site: Twin suicide car bombings in central Baghdad kill 26. 20 June 2010. BBC. 20 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100620184508/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10360154.stm. 20 June 2010 . live.
  2. Web site: Car Bombs Strike Second Major Iraq Bank . Ali . Khalid . Williams, Timothy . 20 June 2010 . . 20 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100623154506/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html . 23 June 2010 . live .
  3. Web site: Suicide blasts kill 26 at Iraqi state-sector bank. Mohammed. Muhnad. Rasheed, Ahmed. 20 June 2010. Reuters. 20 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100623032219/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65J0L920100620. 23 June 2010 . live.

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