March 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing

March 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing
Part of Iraqi Civil War

Location of Babil Governorate in Iraq
Location Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq
Coordinates 33°23′20″N 44°27′30″E / 33.38889°N 44.45833°E / 33.38889; 44.45833
Date March 6, 2016
Attack type
 Mass murder
Suicide attack
Car bombing
Weapons Truck bombs
Deaths 60
Non-fatal injuries
 70
Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing was a suicide bombing on March 6, 2016, that killed at least 60 people and another 70 were injured after ramming his explosives-laden truck into a security checkpoint at one of entrances to the Iraqi city of Hillah, south of Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) claims responsibility for the attack.[1][2][3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A truck bomb killed 60 people in Iraq". Al Jazeera English. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "60 people die in Iraq suicide truck bombing". BBC News. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Suicide truck bombing left 60 dead in Iraq". Reuters. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "60 people die in truck suicide bombing". RT. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Suicide truck bombing killed 60 people in Hillah". The New York Times. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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