Incident Summary:

03/21/2013: A suicide bomber detonated himself at al-Eman Mosque in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. A prominent pro-Assad Sunni cleric, Mohamed al-Bouti was killed along with 50 others. Additionally, 84 others were injured. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Overview

GTD ID:
201303220001

When:
2013-03-21

Country:
Syria

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

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

City:
Damascus

Location Details:
Al-Eman Mosque

What

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

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Religious Figures/Institutions
Name of Entity	Al-Eman Mosque
Specific Description	Cleric: Mohamed Said Ramadan al-Bouti
Nationality of Target	Syria

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	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
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	1
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	50 Fatalities / 84 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	50
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	1
Total Number of Injured	84
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Senior Pro-Assad Sunni Imam in Syria Is Assassinated," New York Times, March 21, 2013."
"Senior cleric, others killed in Syria mosque bombing," Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2013."
"Syria's prominent Islamic scholar killed in Damascus' blast," Xinhua News Agency, March 21, 2013."