- Title: IRAQ: ROCKET ATTACK KILLS MOTHER AND TWO TEENAGE SONS IN BAQUBA
- Date: 15th April 2004
- Summary: (W3) BAQUBA, IRAQ (APRIL 15, 2004)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF DAMAGED HOUSE/ WOMAN NEAR BROKEN DOOR 0.05 2. CLOSE OF WRECKAGE OF CAR 0.11 3. CLOSE OF HOLE ON GROUND 0.16 4. SLV OF DEBRIS ON GROUND/ BROKEN WOODEN DOOR ON GROUND 0.21 5. CLOSE OF HOLE ON WALL 0.28 6. SLV TWO MEN STANDING AMID DAMAGED
- Embargoed: 30th April 2004 13:00
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- Location: BAQUBA, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA396A9XURZ6QBBCD6RRJ4BZNFB
- Story Text: Rocket attack kills a mother and her two teenage
sons in Baquba, north of Baghdad.
A rocket attack on Thursday (April 15) killed a
mother and her two teenage sons in Baquba, north of Baghdad
and badly wounded her two daughters, neighbours and
hospital officials said.
Two rockets slammed into houses in a residential
neighbourhood of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of the
capital, at around 5 a.m. (0100 GMT). Walls crumbled,
debris was strewn through the homes and a car was destroyed.
At Baquba hospital, the family's two daughters lay in a
stark ward, one semi-conscious and both badly wounded.
Outside, three coffins were readied to bury the dead.
Residents blamed the attack on the U.S. occupying
forces. The U.S. army said it had no immediate information.
Local police said they were still trying to find out what
happened.
"The first hit was just before 5 a.m.," Mehdi Saleh
said. "The victims were our neighbours, they lost people.
Why? It was an innocent house, innocent. The Americans want
to harm Iraqis? Why?"
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