IRAQ: Two bombs in a vegetable wholesale market kill at least four people and wound 29 near the central Iraqi city of Kerbala

Record ID: 357528

  • Title: IRAQ: Two bombs in a vegetable wholesale market kill at least four people and wound 29 near the central Iraqi city of Kerbala
  • Date: 4th July 2012
  • Summary: KERBALA, IRAQ (JULY 3, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) POLICE TOW TRUCK AT BLAST SCENE LITTERED BY WRECKAGE OF CAR/ PAN TO DAMAGED VEHICLES AND DEBRIS AND VEGETABLES SCATTERED ON GROUND SCATTERED VEGETABLES / PAN TO DAMAGED VEHICLES/ PEOPLE AT SCENE AND POLICE TOWING VEHICLE DAMAGED VEHICLES AND SCATTERED TOMATOES AND PIECES OF WRECKAGE OF CAR / PAN TO DAMAGED VEHICLES
  • Embargoed: 19th July 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA4NL3DTILNBBK6MTO0K2E4972U
  • Story Text: Two bombs in a vegetable wholesale market killed at least four people and wounded 29 near the central Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday (July 3).
    Sticky bombs attached to two parked cars went off separately, according to Hussein Shadhan, a provincial council member.
    Pulvervised tomatoes and bits of salad covered the blackened market floor. People picked their way through twisted pieces of metal and broken wooden crates.
    Hospital and police sources said they believed the attack had been targeting Shi'ite pilgrims on their way to Kerbala.
    In a separate attack, a bomb in a small truck exploded in a market in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya, killing at least 25 people near a Shi'ite mosque where pilgrims gather on their way to Kerbala to celebrate the birthday of one of the most important imams - al-Mahdi - this week.
    Attacks have increased in Iraq in recent weeks, raising fears that the country may slip back into widespread violence between Iraqi Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.
    Last month at least 237 people were killed and 603 wounded mainly in bomb attacks, according to a Reuters tally, making June one of the bloodiest months in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew at the end of last year.
    The deadliest attack occurred on June 13 when bombers targeting Shi'ite pilgrims killed more than 70 people.
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