- Title: IRAQ: Chlorine truck bomb in Iraq makes 11 people sick
- Date: 21st May 2007
- Summary: (BN11) RAMADI, IRAQ (MAY 20, 2007) (AGENCY POOL) PEOPLE GATHERING OUTSIDE HOSPITAL SIGN "EMERGENCY WARD" SIGN "RAMADI GENERAL HOSPITAL" SICK MAN ON STRETCHER BEING PUSHED INTO HOSPITAL VARIOUS SICK PEOPLE ON STRETCHER BEING WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY WARD WITH SICK PEOPLE ON STRETCHERS SIGN "MINISTRY OF HEALTH, ANBAR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FORENSIC MEDICINE DEPARTMENT"
- Embargoed: 5th June 2007 13:00
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- Location: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVA47XH9FC1L4VVNJ33HXUZB2K0B
- Story Text: A suicide truck bomb laden with chlorine gas exploded before it rammed into a police checkpoint in a town near the city of Ramadi, killing one person and making 11 people sick, a local official said. A truck bomb laden with chlorine gas exploded before it rammed into a police checkpoint near the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday (May 20), killing one person and making 11 people sick, a local official said.
Faleh al-Dulaimi, a spokesman for an association of local tribes in western Anbar province fighting al Qaeda militants, said police opened fire on the truck before it ran into the checkpoint in the town of Zangoura, north of Ramadi.
The explosion released the gas, Dulaimi said.
However, police and hospital sources at the city said that the attack was caused by two simultaneous truck bombs laden with chlorine gas, putting the death toll at more than 10 people, including six policemen. Some 35 people including five policemen were wounded in the attacks.
There has been a spate of chlorine truck bomb attacks in recent months blamed on al Qaeda militants, mainly in Anbar province. Ramadi is the capital of Anbar, stronghold of the Sunni Arab insurgency. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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