Suicide truck bombing in Hillah, Iraq – one in a recent spate of high-profile suicide attacks

Another day, another bloodbath for the people of Iraq. On Saturday (5^th of March, 2016) at least 47 people were killed and ‘dozens’ more injured when a suicide bomber detonated a fuel truck bomb at a security checkpoint in Hillah, south of Baghdad.

ISIS quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, which some sources said injured as many as 70 people.

Hillah is the capital of Babil (Babylon) province, which despite continuous violence in neighbouring Baghdad and Anbar has remained largely peaceful. The city has a Shi’i majority who…