Incident Summary:

12/09/2006: Five people were killed and 44 wounded in a car explosion in the Shi`i holy town of Karbala, Iraq. The booby-trapped car was parked near the western entrance to Imam Al-Abbas shrine in central Karbala and a number of cars and shops were set alight in the explosion. No claim of responsibility was reported.

Overview

GTD ID:
200612090003

When:
2006-12-09

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Karbala (Governorate)

City:
Karbala

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Religious Figures/Institutions
Name of Entity	Shi`i shrine
Specific Description	Imam Al-Abbas shrine
Nationality of Target	Iraq

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Unknown Explosive Type
Vehicle (not to include vehicle-borne explosives, i.e., car or truck bombs)

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	5 Fatalities / 44 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	5
Number of U.S. Fatalities	Unknown
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	Unknown
Total Number of Injured	44
Number of U.S. Injured	Unknown
Number of Perpetrators Injured	Unknown

Sources

Sources
BBC Monitoring: Iraq Briefing, British Broadcasting Company, December 9, 2006.