2006 Roodstad bombings

The 2006 Roodstad bombings were twin bombings set off in the Roodstad Underground, the rail transit system of the city of Roodstad, conducted by the Barzona Libre terrorist group. The attacks left eleven dead and thirty-seven wounded. The bombings occurred in the morning of Thursday, September 28, 2006.

Background
After the 2003 Cape Cross bombing, Barzona Libre was struggling to regroup after having six members detained, including one of their leaders. In 2005, the terrorist group began making plans for a bombing in Roodstad, which had not had any fatal attacks from the group in earlier years. Blueprints for the attack were found in a raided BL stronghold in 2010, with the earliest being dated to April 2005. The actual attack would occur on September 28, 2006.

Like the 2003 attacks, a decoy was set off in another settlement, this time being Nieuw Helmond. AT 17:40 on September 27, 2006, BL set off a small bomb near an SD Bank near the city center. Three were injured, but there were no fatalities. Police and forensic teams were sent to the scene to investigate. At 19:00, it was declared to be a Barzona Libre attack. Investigation continued through the night. During the confusion, the bombs were planted in the Roodstad Underground later that night.

Bombings
Unlike most other attacks, these were done earlier, when most people were starting their commutes on the Roodstad Underground. As police were beginning to return to duty, the first bomb went off in one of the busier suburban stations, in the waiting area, at 7:57, three minutes before the train was set to arrive at 8:00. Two people were standing near the bomb zone, and were killed by the explosion. Another was killed by a large piece of shrapnel impaling them in the skull. Several others were injured by the chunks of floor and ceiling.

The second bomb went off at 8:00, approximately ten seconds after an evacuation order was given, and about twenty seconds after the train was pulled into the station. This bomb was also set off in the waiting area, and killed many of the panicking waiters and those who were just getting off the train. Three near the impact zone were killed, and a large chunk of falling ceiling killed another five. Shrapnel from the floor and ceiling injured many others.