IRAQ: Three civilians die in Samarra car bombing

Record ID: 356460

  • Title: IRAQ: Three civilians die in Samarra car bombing
  • Date: 6th September 2006
  • Summary: (W3) SAMARRA, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 5, 2006) (REUTERS) CAR BOMB BLAST SITE WITH CROWD AT SCENE RUBBLE OF OUTER WALL OF HOUSE/ TANKERS NEAR DAMAGED WALL TEENAGERS NEAR PART OF TANKER PIECE OF CAR WITH OIL STAIN ON NEARBY WALL HOUSE DAMAGED BY BLAST RUBBLE OF CONCRETE AND TWISTED METAL DAMAGED HOUSE ROW OF SHOPS WITH DAMAGED SHUTTERS SHOP DAMAGED BY BLAST WITH KNOCKED OFF DOOR
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAYDZ4LY1DUD33KBL1GLE1BUNL
  • Story Text: Three civilians were killed and six wounded when a car bomb exploded near the house of an Iraqi tribal leader north of the capital, Baghdad, on Tuesday (September 5, 2006), witnesses and a hospital official said.
    The blast was near the house of Sheikh Mumtaz, one of the tribal leaders of Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad.
    A witness said the explosion happened at about 7am local time.
    Samarra is on the banks of the River Tigris and was held by insurgents until U.S. forces overran the city late in 2004.
    A Shi'ite shrine there was bombed in February, which U.S. and Iraqi officials blamed on al Qaeda and which unleashed a wave of killings and reprisals between majority Shi'ites and Sunnis that has killed thousands and pushed the country to the verge of civil war.
    Al Qaeda denied responsibility for that incident.
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