Qahtaniyah bombings
| 2007 Qahtaniyah bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Iraq War, Iraqi insurgency, and the Iraqi civil war | |
| Location | Til Ezer and Siba Sheikh Khidir, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq |
| Date | August 14, 2007 (UTC+3) |
| Target | Yazidis |
Attack type | Suicide truck bombs |
| Deaths | 796 (+4 bombers) |
| Injured | 1,562+ |
| Perpetrators | Unknown, al-Qaeda suspected |
The Qahtaniyah bombings occurred on August 14, 2007, when four coordinated suicide car bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Til Ezer (al-Qahtaniyah) and Siba Sheikh Khidir (al-Jazirah), in northern Iraq.
796 people were killed and at least 1,500 others were wounded, making it the Iraq War's deadliest car bomb attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.