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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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