IRAQ: Six Iraqis killed, more than 20 wounded in Baghdad car bomb

Record ID: 357784

  • Title: IRAQ: Six Iraqis killed, more than 20 wounded in Baghdad car bomb
  • Date: 11th June 2006
  • Summary: (W2) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JUNE 11, 2006)(REUTERS): CAR BOMB WRECKAGE AT SITE AND GARBAGE COLLECTORS CLEARING UP DEBRIS WRECKAGE OF CAR AND TWISTED METAL OF SHOP SHUTTER TWO WOMEN STANDING NEAR PILES OF CONCRETE RUBBLE CARS DAMAGED BY BLAST WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB
  • Embargoed: 26th June 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAABQ5B8YFGJZXNA7OJH05HX4EY
  • Story Text: A car bomb killed five people and wounded 14 others in central Baghdad on Saturday (June 10), a police source said.
    The blast, which took place in central Baghdad came hours after a roadside bomb killed three people and wounded 28 in a busy market in the Iraqi capital.
    The blast damaged a number of cars and nearby shops in the Shi'ite district of Kerrada.
    Late on Saturday, one civilian was killed and at least nine wounded in a mortar attack in Baghdad's dangerous southern district of Dora, a police source said.
    The source said that the attack damaged at least two houses at Abu Desheer area in Dora, toughest of Baghdad's no-go zones .
    U.S. and Iraqi officials have warned that violence will not cease with the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq.
    Zarqawi, who had been blamed for some of the bloodiest attacks in Iraq, was killed during a U.S. air strike in a village north of Baghdad on Wednesday (June 7) in one of the most significant developments since the U.S.-led invasion.
    U.S. officials, including U.S. President George W. Bush, hailed the killing of Jordanian-born Zarqawi but have warned that his al Qaeda group still posed a threat.
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