IRAQ: A suicide car bomb near the Interior Ministry in Baghdad kills at least six people and wounds 34 others

Record ID: 353595

  • Title: IRAQ: A suicide car bomb near the Interior Ministry in Baghdad kills at least six people and wounds 34 others
  • Date: 27th December 2011
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (DECEMBER 26, 2011) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING NEAR BLAST SCENE PEOPLE WALKING NEAR BLAST SCENE AND SECURITY FORCES SEALING OFF AREA OF BLAST VARIOUS MORE OF PEOPLE WALKING NEAR BLAST SCENE PEOPLE WALKING NEAR BLAST SCENE AND AMBULANCE DRIVING TO BLAST SENE AT BRIDGE SCENE OUTSIDE KINDI HOSPITAL, PEOPLE, MEDICAL WORKER, AMBULANCES SIGN READING IN ARABIC "
  • Embargoed: 11th January 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq, Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime,Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVAJ6WROMD6U6X1BE4U8BPXKI1M
  • Story Text: At least six people were killed when a suicide car bomber hit Iraq's Interior Ministry on Monday (December 26) in the latest attack since a crisis erupted between the country's Shi'ite-led government and Sunni leaders a week ago.
    The blast occurred when the bomber drove his vehicle into a security cordon outside the Interior Ministry in central Baghdad, detonating an explosion that left dead and wounded on the ground and set fire to nearby vehicles, police said.
    Six people, including four policemen, were killed and 34 others were wounded, police and hospital sources said.
    Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the arrest of Iraq's Sunni vice president last Monday (December 19) and asked parliament to fire his deputy, triggering turmoil that threatens a new wave of sectarian strife just after the last US troops withdrew.
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