15 September 2008 Balad Ruz bombing | |
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Location | Balad Ruz, Iraq |
Date | 15 September 2008 (UTC+3) |
Target | Guests at a Party |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
Deaths | 22 |
Injured | 32 |
The 15 September 2008 Balad Ruz bombing occurred on 15 September 2008 in Balad Ruz, Diyala when a suicide bomber walked into and detonated herself at an Iftar banquet being held in the home of a policeman in celebration of his release from American detention at Camp Bucca. The attack killed 22 and injured 32. Some of the wounded were taken to a joint US-Iraqi base nearby for treatment. 12 were killed in two car bombings in central Baghdad.[1]