| 2005 Amman bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of the spillover of the Iraq War | |
 The three bombed-out hotels | |
  Amman bombings Location within Jordan | |
| Location | Amman, Jordan |
| Coordinates | 31°56′59″N 35°55′58″E / 31.94972°N 35.93278°E |
| Date | 9 November 2005 began 20:50 (UTC+2) |
| Target | Three hotels |
Attack type | Suicide bombings |
| Weapon | RDX suicide vests |
| Deaths | 60 killed, plus 3 suicide bombers |
| Injured | 115 wounded |
| Perpetrators | al-Qaeda[1] |
The 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks on three hotel lobbies in Amman, Jordan, on 9 November 2005. The explosions at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Radisson SAS Hotel, and the Days Inn started at around 20:50 local time (18:50 UTC) at the Grand Hyatt.[2][3] The three hotels are frequented by foreign diplomats. The bomb at the Radisson SAS exploded in the Philadelphia Ballroom, where a Palestinian wedding hosting hundreds of guests was taking place. The attacks killed 57 people and injured 115 others.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq was quick to claim the attack.[1][4]
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