IRAQ: Bomb at Iraqi ministry of youth building kills five, wounds 24

Record ID: 357737

  • Title: IRAQ: Bomb at Iraqi ministry of youth building kills five, wounds 24
  • Date: 18th February 2014
  • Summary: BAYAA, BAGHDAD (FEBRUARY 18, 2014) (REUTERS): UNFINISHED BUILDING BELONGING TO MINISTRY OF YOUTH CLOSE OF DAMAGE CAUSED TO FENCE OF BUILDING RUBBLE OF BRICKS MORE OF BUILDING DAMAGED BY BLAST DAMAGE CAUSED TO BUILDING BROKEN WINDOWS OF BUILDING SCATTERED SHARDS OF GLASS ON GROUND SCATTERED PIECES OF GLASS AND DAMAGED FRAMES OF WINDOWS ON GROUND DAMAGED FURNITURE AND PIECE
  • Embargoed: 5th March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVAASQWJE7L3AFTIL166YVBCBW1T
  • Story Text: Bombs exploded in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and in the southern city of Hilla on Tuesday, killing at least 49 people, police and hospital sources said.
    No group immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but Shi'ites are often targeted by Sunni Islamist insurgents who have been regaining ground in Iraq over the past year and overran several towns in recent weeks.
    Among the incidents was a blast at an unfinished building belonging to the Iraqi ministry of youth in the Shi'ite Muslim district of Bayaa in Baghdad, which killed five and wounded 24 others, police sources said.
    The deadliest attacks occurred in and around Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, where 35 people were killed in seven car bomb explosions inside the city itself and in the nearby towns of Haswa, Mahaweel and Mussayab.
    Last year was Iraq's bloodiest since sectarian bloodshed began to abate in 2008.
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