17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing

{{Short description|Terrorist incident in Baghdad, Iraq}}

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{{Infobox terrorist attack

|title=17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing

|image=

|location=Baghdad, Iraq

|target=Bus stop

|date=17 June 2008

|time-begin=

|time-end=

|timezone=UTC+3

|type=Suicide car bomb

|fatalities=51

|injuries=75

|perps=Unknown

| motive = Anti-Shi'a sentiment

}}

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The 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing was a suicide car bomb attack on a bus stop in northern Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, on 17 June 2008, killing 51 people and wounding 75.

The attack happened in the Shia neighbourhood of Hurriya. The explosion struck during the early evening rush hour, when the bus stop was crowded with waiting passengers.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-17 |title=Baghdad bus stop bomb 'kills 51' |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7459842.stm |access-date=2023-05-09 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804140336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7459842.stm |url-status=live }}