1995 Zakho bombing

Car bombing in Iraq yes February 2026 At 8:18am on 27 February 1995, a car bomb exploded in Zakho, a city which is 12 miles from the Turkish border in Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.https://nytimes.com/1995/02/28/world/car-bomb-kills-at-least-100-in-kurdish-iraq.html Car bomb kills at least 100 in Kurdish Iraq The New York Times 2021-05-21 2021-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20210521075037/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/28/world/car-bomb-kills-at-least-100-in-kurdish-iraq.html dead It happened during the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War, which began nine months earlier. The bomb was made from 330 pounds of dynamite and exploded whilst the car (a taxi) was outside a tea shop which was located in a busy marketplace. A hundred people were killed and 150 injured. See also List of terrorist incidents, 1995 Terrorism in Iraq Zakho resort attack References Iraq Category:1990s murders in Iraq Category:1995 murders in Asia Category:20th-century mass murders in Iraq Category:1995 building bombings Category:Road incidents in Iraq Category:Restaurant bombings in Iraq Category:Car and truck bombings in Iraq Category:February 1995 crimes Category:February 1995 in Iraq Category:Car and truck bombings in 1995 Category:1995 road incidents Category:Marketplace attacks in Iraq Category:1995 mass murders Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1995 1995 bombing Category:Building bombings in Kurdistan Region (Iraq) Category:1995 in Iraqi Kurdistan