IRAQ: Two car bombs blow up in quick succession in the Iraqi city of Hilla, killing at least five people

Record ID: 357704

  • Title: IRAQ: Two car bombs blow up in quick succession in the Iraqi city of Hilla, killing at least five people
  • Date: 13th October 2013
  • Summary: HILLA, IRAQ (OCTOBER 13, 2013) (REUTERS) REMAINS OF CAR ENGINE ON ROAD, POLICEMEN NEARBY CLOSE OF TWISTED WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB, DAMAGED SHOP IN THE BACKGROUND CAR DAMAGED BY BLAST, PEOPLE NEARBY CLOSE UP OF BURNT OUT CAR WIDE OF BLAST SCENE, DEBRIS ON TOAD, REMAINS OF CAR BOMB ENGINE ON ROAD MEN LOOKING AT WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB ENGINE ANOTHER DAMAGED CAR BLAST AREA WITH
  • Embargoed: 28th October 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime,Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVA2WU7U2Y9QXCQ9GLDXST4QTZYZ
  • Story Text: A series of bombs killed at least ten people in mostly Shi'ite Muslim provinces of Iraq on Sunday (October 13) ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, police and medical sources said.
    Altogether 11 bombs were detonated by remote control. The deadliest attack took place in the city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, when two car bombs blew up in quick succession, killing at least five people and wounding 17 others, police said.
    It was not immediately clear who was behind Sunday's attacks, which appeared to be coordinated, but Sunni Islamist and other insurgents, including al-Qaeda, have been regaining ground this year.
    More than 6,000 people have been killed in acts of violence so far in 2013, reversing a decline in sectarian bloodshed that climaxed in 2006-07.
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