Incident Summary:

07/29/2005: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a group of Iraqi army recruits in Rabiah, Iraq, killing 44 and injuring another 57. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Overview

GTD ID:
200507290007

When:
2005-07-29

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Nineveh

City:
Rabiaa

Location Details:
The attack occurred at an army recruitment center in the town of Rabiah, Iraq.

What

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

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity	Iraqi Police Service (IPS)
Specific Description	Iraqi police recruits training at a recruitment center in Rabiah, Iraq
Nationality of Target	Iraq

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Unknown
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Suicide (carried bodily by human being)

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	Yes
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Al-Qaida in Iraq	Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Unknown)

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	1
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	44 Fatalities / 57 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	44
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	1
Total Number of Injured	57
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
“25 Killed in Bombing at Iraqi Army Recruiting Centre,” Agence France Presse, July 29, 2005.
“Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims Responsibility of Suicide Bombing Which Killed 25 Army Recruits,” Associated Press Worldstream, July 29, 2005.
Bassem Mroue, “Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Police Trainees; Two Marines Die in Fight With Rebels,” The Associated Press, July 29, 2005.