March 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing explained

March 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing
Partof:Iraqi Civil War
Location:Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq
Coordinates:33.3889°N 44.4583°W
Date:March 6, 2016
Type:Mass murder
Suicide attack
Car bombing
Fatalities:60
Injuries:70
Perps:Islamic State
Weapons:Truck bombs

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A truck bomb killed 60 people in Iraq. Al Jazeera English. 6 March 2016. 6 March 2016. 29 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190629081457/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/iraq-deadly-suicide-attack-hits-highway-checkpoint-160306105957151.html. live.
  2. Web site: 60 people die in Iraq suicide truck bombing. BBC News. 6 March 2016. 6 March 2016. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918100434/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35739729. live.
  3. Web site: Suicide truck bombing left 60 dead in Iraq. Reuters. 6 March 2016. 6 March 2016. 6 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306160012/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-blast-idUSKCN0W80G3. live.
  4. News: Suicide truck bombing killed 60 people in Hillah. The New York Times. 6 March 2016. 6 March 2016.