2005 Al Hillah bombing

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2005 Al Hillah bombing
Location	Al Hillah, Iraq
Date	February 28, 2005
Attack type	suicide car bomb
Deaths	127
Injured	hundreds

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The 2005 Al Hillah bombing killed 127 people on February 28, 2005 in Al Hillah, Iraq.

A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a line of people queueing outside a police recruiting centre and exploded it, killing 127 people and injuring hundreds more. The explosion also affected a nearby market, killing many passers-by. The targeted unemployed men were waiting for medical examination to get the job.

The bombing caused a worsening of Iraqi-Jordanian after it was learnt that suicide bomber, Raed Mansour al-Banna, had come from Jordan. Banna's family in Jordan gave him a heroic funeral, angering many Iraqi Shia. Thousands protested outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad and demanded it close, and the dispute led to both countries recalling their respective ambassadors.^[1]