Mostar car bombing
A car bomb exploded in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 September 1997, injuring 29 people and destroying or damaging 120 apartments, as well as 120 vehicles. The attack was carried out by al-Qaeda-connected Islamic extremists, and targeted Croat civilians and policemen as retribution against the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), which had fought Muslim forces for control of the city during the Croat–Bosniak War. It remains the most serious terrorist attack in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Mostar car bombing
A car bomb exploded in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 September 1997, injuring 29 people and destroying or damaging 120 apartments, as well as 120 vehicles. The attack was carried out by al-Qaeda-connected Islamic extremists, and targeted Croat civilians and policemen as retribution against the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), which had fought Muslim forces for control of the city during the Croat–Bosniak War. It remains the most serious terrorist attack in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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A car bomb exploded in Mostar, ...... st-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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1997-09-18
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Religious motives, retribution against the Croatian Defence Council
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Croat civilians and police
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