2005 Amman bombings in Jordan

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The 2005 Amman bombings in Jordan were a series of coordinated suicide attacks on hotels in the capital that killed and injured scores of people and marked one of the deadliest terrorist incidents in the country’s history.

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instanceOf mass murder
terrorist attack
attackMethod suicide explosive vests
attackType coordinated suicide bombings
capitalCityTargeted Amman NERFINISHED
category Mass murder in 2005
November 2005 events in Asia
Suicide bombings in 2005
Terrorist incidents in Jordan
city Amman NERFINISHED
claimedBy Al-Qaeda in Iraq NERFINISHED
consequence strengthened counterterrorism cooperation with other states
continent Asia
coordinated true
country Jordan
date 2005-11-09
day 9
governmentResponse arrests of suspected militants
nationwide security crackdown
impact heightened security measures in Jordan
international condemnation
leaderOfPerpetratorAtTime Abu Musab al-Zarqawi NERFINISHED
location Amman NERFINISHED
month November
motive politically motivated violence
terrorism
notableFor being one of the deadliest terrorist incidents in Jordan’s history
numberOfAttacks 3
numberOfFatalities 60
numberOfInjured 100+
over 100
oneOfDeadliestAttacksIn Jordan NERFINISHED
partOf Iraq War spillover NERFINISHED
perpetrator Al-Qaeda in Iraq NERFINISHED
primaryTargets hotels
primaryWeapon explosives
region Middle East
suicideBombersInvolved multiple
targetType civilian
soft targets
timeOfDay evening
typeOfTerrorism Islamist terrorism
victimNationality Jordanian
foreign nationals
year 2005

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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi responsibleFor 2005 Amman bombings in Jordan