Incident Summary:

07/24/2007: At least 32 Iraqis were killed and more than 117 others wounded when a suicide car bomber blew himself up outside a hospital in central Hillah in the Babil Governorate of Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.

Overview

GTD ID:
200707240002

When:
2007-07-24

Country:
Iraq

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

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

City:
Hillah

Location Details:
60 miles south of Baghdad

What

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

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity	Unknown
Specific Description	Iraqi civilians in Hillah, Iraq
Nationality of Target	Iraq

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

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Vehicle

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
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	1
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	33 Fatalities / 117 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	33
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	1
Total Number of Injured	117
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
Steven Hurst, “Suicide car bomber strikes major Shi i city in southern Iraq, killing at least 20,” The Associated Press, July 24, 2007.
"At least 32 Iraqis killed, 70 wounded in Hillah attack,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, July 24, 2007."