IRAQ: At least 10 people are killed and eight wounded after a suicide car bomber blows himself up near Iraq's Oil Ministry in Baghdad
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IRAQ: At least 10 people are killed and eight wounded after a suicide car bomber blows himself up near Iraq's Oil Ministry in Baghdad
- Title: IRAQ: At least 10 people are killed and eight wounded after a suicide car bomber blows himself up near Iraq's Oil Ministry in Baghdad
- Date: 6th October 2005
- Summary: (BN10) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 6, 2005) (REUTERS) WIDE SHOT SCENE WHERE THE CAR BOMB EXPLODED WITH CAR DEBRIS; WIDE SHOT COVERED BODIES IN SITE OF BLAST; POLICE SIFTING THROUGH WRECKAGE; RESCUE WORKERS LIFTING BODY WITH SOLDIER IN FOREGROUND (8 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 21st October 2005 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVAB2MH2SI2Y5MVBYAQPNTN4QWEE
- Story Text: A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up near Iraq's Oil Ministry in Baghdad on Thursday (October 6, 2005), killing at least 10 people and wounding eight, police said.
One police source said he believed all of the casualties were Oil Ministry employees.
An official said that the suicide bomber rammed his car into a bus as Oil Ministry employees were climbing aboard.
But another police official said the victims were employees at a nearby police academy.
Earlier this week, the oil minister survived an apparent assassination attempt when a bomb exploded beside his motorcade - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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