The 13 May 2007 Makhmoor bombing was of
suicide attack using a
truck bomb
A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
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that occurred on 13 May 2007, in the northern
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
i town of
Makhmour. At least 50 people were killed and about 70 people were injured.
References
Bomb Blasts Hit Northern Iraq, Al-Qaida Group Claims Capture of US SoldiersVoice of America
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30 killed in Iraq suicide bomb attackYahoo! News
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Death toll from truck bomb in Iraq rises to 50Reuters
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2007 murders in Iraq
Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq
Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007
Mass murder in 2007
May 2007 events in Iraq
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