The 2019 Reyhanlı car bombing was a
car bombing
A car bomb, bus bomb, van 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.
Car bombs can be roug ...
attack that occurred on 5 July 2019 in the city of
Reyhanlı
Reyhanlı (; , ''ar-Rayḥānīyah'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 367 km2, and its population is 108,092 (2022). It is near the country's Syria–Turkey border, border with Syria ...
in
Hatay Province
Hatay Province (, ) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 1,686,043 (2022). It is situated mostly outside Anatolia, along the eastern coast of the Levantine Sea. The province ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
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The blast killed at least three people from
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
.
Bombing
The bombing occurred in a car in the Hatay Province near the border with
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
. The car was carrying citizens from Syria.
Victims
The three victims were Syrian citizens who were inside the car that exploded.
See also
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2013 Reyhanlı car bombings
The 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings took place on 11 May 2013, when two car bombs exploded in the Turkey, Turkish town of Reyhanlı, a town of 64,000 people, 5 km from the Syrian border and the busiest land border post with Syria, in Hatay P ...
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List of terrorist incidents in July 2019
References
2019 murders in Turkey
Car and truck bombings in Turkey
Car and truck bombings in 2019
History of Hatay Province
July 2019 crimes in Asia
Syrian people murdered abroad
Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 2019
July 2019 in Turkey
Mass murder in 2019
21st-century mass murder in Turkey
Reyhanlı District
Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
Spillover of the Syrian civil war
ISIL terrorist incidents in Turkey
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