- Title: IRAQ: More violence in Baghdad
- Date: 25th April 2006
- Summary: (BN10) MEDICAL CITY BAGHDAD , IRAQ ( APRIL 25 , 2006) ( REUTERS) PEOPLE LOADING COFFIN ON TOP OF MINIBUS MORE OF PEOPLE LOADING COFFIN ON TOP OF MINIBUS WOMEN CRYING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CARRYING COFFINS/ CHANTING "THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD"
- Embargoed: 10th May 2006 13:00
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- Location: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVA2U9VLIJNS1JNRC6GKC0RM1K7I
- Story Text: A bomb inside a minibus exploded in a market in Baghdad's Sadr City Shi'ite slum on Tuesday (April 25), killing two people and wounding five, police said.
"A minibus. It targeted this safe city, the city of heroes, the Sadr city. It targeted the innocent civilians. It exploded near the civilians," said an unidentified eye witness from Sadr city.
Sadr City, in eastern Baghdad, is a stronghold of radical Shi'ite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, who is a member of the ruling Shi'ite coalition.
The blast damaged shop fronts in a commercial street and turned the bus into a mangled wreck.
Police first said the blast was caused by a car bomb.
No group has claimed responsibility but tensions between Muslim Shi'ites and Sunnis are running high since the February bombing of a Shi'ite shrine unleashed a bloody wave of reprisal attacks.
Earlier, a car bomb exploded near Yarmouk hospital in western Baghdad, wounding two policemen.
Relatives arrived at the morgue of the Medical city in Baghdad to receive the bodies of their relatives who were killed in the violence in Baghdad.
Police said they found the bodies of 25 men in different areas of the capital.
There has been a surge of violence in Iraq on Monday (April 24). Seven car bombs exploded in Iraq's capital, killing at least eight people and wounding 80.
Prime Minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki is working to form a government of national unity, widely seen as the best solution to avert a slide into sectarian civil war. bag/cr/np - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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