Non-fatal injuries 133 Date 1 February 2004 Total number of deaths 117 | Perpetrators Al-Qaeda in Iraq Location Erbil, Iraq Attack type Suicide attack | |
Target Headquarters of PUK and KDP Perpetrator Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn Similar Al‑Suwaira fuel dump explosion, 2010 Baqubah bombings, 17 August 2005 Baghdad | ||
The 2004 Erbil bombings was a double suicide attack on the offices of Kurdish political parties in Erbil, Iraq, north of Baghdad on February 1, 2004. The attackers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies as hundreds gathered to celebrate Eid Al-Adha in Erbil.
A former government minister, the deputy governor of Erbil Province and the city's police chief were among those killed at offices of northern Iraq's main political groups, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). The attacks occurred as party leaders were receiving hundreds of visitors to mark the start of Eid.
The Al-Hayat newspaper speculated that the bombings may have been retribution for the Kurdish role in capturing Hassan Ghul.
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