IRAQ: Roadside bomb kills 3, wounds 28 in Baghdad

Record ID: 357970

  • Title: IRAQ: Roadside bomb kills 3, wounds 28 in Baghdad
  • Date: 10th June 2006
  • Summary: SIGN READING "AL-KINDI TEACHING HOSPITAL"
  • Embargoed: 25th June 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA1KYU1GCOSRIUFQJV51DZ4TIJ9
  • Story Text: A roadside bomb killed three people and wounded 28 others in a crowded Baghdad market on Saturday (June 10), according to police.
    The bomb targeted a police patrol near a restaurant in the al-Sadriya market in central Baghdad, but only civilians were killed.
    People at the market said the blast was caused by a bomb hidden in a bag left near a restaurant.
    "A bomb inside a bag was placed here and many people were killed. I counted them. Among us three were hurt including a child, Rasoul's son, whose foot was wounded," said Baha, who works at the restaurant.
    U.S. and Iraqi officials have warned that the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, in an air strike north of Baghdad on Wednesday (June 07) would not end the guerrilla and sectarian violence plaguing Iraq.
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