2011 Samarra bombing

Terrorist incident in Samarra, Iraq February 2024 March 2024 2011 Samarra bombing Samarra, Iraq Shia pilgrims 12 February 2011 UTC+3 Suicide bombing 48 80 AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State of Iraq The 2011 Samarra bombing was an attack that took place in the city of Samarra on 12 February 2011. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest in a bus depot at the entry to the city as Shia pilgrims gathered to commemorate the death of one of their 12 revered imams. The attacker infiltrated the crowd at a security checkpoint before detonating his explosives, killing 48 and injuring 80. Iraqi officials alleged that the Islamic State of Iraq organization carried out the attacks.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-violence-toll-idUSTRE71C0I020110213 Death toll rises to 48 in Iraq suicide bombing Reuters 13 February 2011 14 December 2011 19 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160919020426/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-violence-toll-idUSTRE71C0I020110213 live See also Iraq List of terrorist incidents, 2011 References Iraq Category:2011 murders in Iraq Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2011 Category:2011 mass murders Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Category:Terrorist incidents on buses in Iraq Category:Suicide bombings in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2011 Category:Samarra in the Iraq War Category:Violence against Shia Muslims in Iraq Category:February 2011 crimes in Asia Category:February 2011 in Iraq Category:Building bombings in Iraq Category:2011 building bombings Category:Suicide bombings in 2011 Category:Attacks on bus stations in Asia