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Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
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2004 Basra police station bombings
Bombing of police stations in Basra, Iraq
On 21 April 2004, a series of large car bomb explosions ripped through Basra, Iraq. Seventy-four people died and more than 100 were injured. The attacks were some of the deadliest in southern Iraq since the fall of President Saddam Hussein.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Basra
Port city in southern Iraq
Basra or Basrah is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq border at the north-easternmost extent of the Arabian Peninsula, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)