IRAQ: Two separate bombs kill one, wound 10 in Baghdad

Record ID: 352326

  • Title: IRAQ: Two separate bombs kill one, wound 10 in Baghdad
  • Date: 2nd October 2006
  • Summary: (BN11) NASR SQUARE, SAADOUN STREET, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 1, 2006)(REUTERS) [1ST BLAST SITE] CAR RIDDLED WITH SHRAPNEL/ CRATER ON STREET
  • Embargoed: 17th October 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA2QTFWUN82RMO8ABS4RMI212R4
  • Story Text: Five civilians were wounded when a bomb exploded in Nasr Square in the Baghdad's thoroughfare of Al-Saadoun on Sunday (October 1), police said.
    They said that the bomb targeted a passing patrol of the Iraqi army, police said, adding that the army survived the attack.
    In a separate incident, a bomb targeting a passing convoy of Iraqi police in Sarafiya district in central Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding five people, including two policemen
    "I run out of gasoline, so I parked the car on the beginning of the bridge. My wife was with me and I told her to wait till I get gasoline I took the jerry can to bring gasoline from the petrol station, and suddenly I heard an explosion. I returned back and I saw my car and this car damaged," said Saadi Karim.
    At least three cars were damaged in the blast, which took place in a busy street.
    Insurgents targeting U.S. and Iraqi security forces in busy intersections, highways and markets in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, often cause casualties among civilians.
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