IRAQ: Bomb goes off in crowded market in central Baghdad, killing at least 5

Record ID: 357339

  • Title: IRAQ: Bomb goes off in crowded market in central Baghdad, killing at least 5
  • Date: 26th December 2006
  • Summary: (W3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (DECEMBER 26, 2006) (REUTERS) CROWD AT SITE OF BLAST BLOOD STAIN ON THE GROUND PILE OF CLOTHES AT THE SCENE OF BLAST BLAST SITE MAN CLEANING AREA OF BLAST BLAST SITE CROWD AT SITE
  • Embargoed: 10th January 2007 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA4PIPJ0YM3TY69CC8SQ6AT5KP
  • Story Text: A roadside bomb went off in a crowded market in central Baghdad on Tuesday (December 26), killing at least five people and wounding 15 others, police said.
    The attack took place in Bab al-Sharji district of central Baghdad.
    In separate attacks, three simultaneous car bombs exploded in a busy intersection in a predominantly Shi'ite district in southwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding scores, Interior and police sources said.
    Three roadside bombs also exploded in quick succession in Sheikh Omar district, killing a police lieutenant colonel and wounding nine people, an Interior Ministry source said.
    Sunni insurgent groups including al Qaeda have launched bomb attacks against markets and other civilian targets in Shi'ite and mixed areas. Such attacks fuel reprisals assaults by Shi'ite militias against Sunni Arabs, deepening Iraq's sectarian cycle of violence.
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