30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing

30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing
Location	Amil District Baghdad, Iraq
Date	30 September 2004 (UTC+3)
Attack type	car bomb, IED
Deaths	at least 41
Injured	at least 131
Perpetrators	possibly al-Qaeda in Iraq (their claiming is unclear)

30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing was a series of bombings targeting U.S. soldiers handing out sweets to the Iraqi children at the celebration during the opening of a water treatment plant in the Amil District of Baghdad. The bombings killed at least 41, including 35 children, and wounded 131, including 10 U.S. soldiers.

US Army units attacked were from Comanche Troop 1st Squadron 7th Cavalry 1st Cavalry Division.

Perpetrators

Zarqawi's group Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn ('al-Qaeda in Iraq') claimed responsibility for attacks that day, but it is unclear if these include these explosions that killed the children.

It is unclear whether the U.S. troops or the crowds were the prime target. A statement hailing "heroic operations" was posted in the name of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

External links

• Children massacred by Iraq bombs BBC News
• Dozens of children killed in bomb attack in Baghdad CBC News