2009 Tal Afar bombing

On 9 July 2009, two men detonated explosive vests in Tal Afar, a city in northern Iraq, in what has been described as a double suicide bombing. The attack killed 34 people and injured more than 60 others.

Reports indicate the bombing targeted the Governor of the Iraqi Central Bank, who was present in the area at the time. The governor was unhurt in the attack, meaning the primary apparent target survived while dozens of bystanders and others present were killed or wounded.

The incident is listed among bombings that occurred during the Iraq War, reflecting the broader pattern of insurgent and sectarian violence affecting Iraqi cities, including Tal Afar, during this period. Tal Afar, located in Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq, experienced repeated waves of violence in the years following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and this bombing occurred within that broader context.