March 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing | |
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Part of Iraqi Civil War | |
Location | Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq |
Coordinates | 33°23′20″N 44°27′30″E / 33.38889°N 44.45833°E |
Date | March 6, 2016 |
Attack type | Mass murder Suicide attack Car bombing |
Weapons | Truck bombs |
Deaths | 60 |
Injured | 70 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State |
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]