IRAQ: At least one killed and ten wounded in Baghdad bomb attack.

Record ID: 356675

  • Title: IRAQ: At least one killed and ten wounded in Baghdad bomb attack.
  • Date: 20th October 2009
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 19, 2009) (REUTERS) MILITARY AND POLICE VEHICLES SEALING OFF AREA OF ATTACK DAMAGED RESTAURANT WHERE BOMB EXPLODED SIGN READING (Arabic) "Shaat al-Arab restaurant." IRAQI SOLDIERS INSPECTING DAMAGE AT BLAST SCENE TOMATOES AND RUBBLE SCATTERED ON GROUND AT BLAST SCENE INTERIOR OF DAMAGED RESTAURANT
  • Embargoed: 4th November 2009 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA45WOO1J4L0PFHHT115DH7Q3UB
  • Story Text: Police say at least one person has been killed and ten more wounded in a bomb attack which targetted a popular restaurant in the Iraqi capital.
    A bomb exploded inside a popular restaurant in south-western Baghdad on Monday (October 19), killing one person and wounding ten others, police said.
    The blast ,apparently targetted civilians at the fast food restaurant in the mainly Shi'ite neighbourhood of Bayaa .
    Iraqi security forces rushed to the scene to evacuate casualties and seal off roads leading to the area.
    Such attacks bear the hallmarks of Sunni Islamist insurgent groups such as al Qaeda, who usually attack Shi'ite targets.
    Violence has fallen sharply in Iraq in the past two years, but bombings, shootings and kidnappings remain common.
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