June 2004 Baghdad bombing | |
Partof: | Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) |
Location: | Baghdad, Iraq |
Date: | June 18, 2004 |
Timezone: | UTC+3 |
Type: | Suicide car bombings |
Fatalities: | 35 |
Injuries: | 145 |
On June 18, 2004, a massive suicide car bombing near the New Iraqi Army recruitment center in Baghdad killed 35 civilians and wounded 145.
None of the 175 would-be recruits or active U.S. and Iraqi servicemen were hurt in the attack for which Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad was blamed.[1]