IRAQ: AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AFTER A BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE A HOTEL IN KERBALA USED BY IRANIAN PILGRIMS

Record ID: 358891

  • Title: IRAQ: AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AFTER A BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE A HOTEL IN KERBALA USED BY IRANIAN PILGRIMS
  • Date: 3rd November 2003
  • Summary: (W2) KERBALA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 3, 2003) (REUTERS) NIGHTSHOTS: 1. CROWDS GATHERED AND SIRENS FLASHING OUTSIDE HOTEL; SLV SECURITY IN STREET; CAR DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION; MV SECURITY AROUND CAR OUTSIDE HOTEL (5 SHOTS) 0.33 2. MV INTERIORS OF DAMAGE INSIDE HOTEL; SLV OUTSIDE HOTEL; MV SECURITY ORDERING CAMERAMAN AWAY; SLV FIRE BRIGADE ARRIVING (
  • Embargoed: 18th November 2003 12:00
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  • Location: KERBALA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA800NMEAIMYD6T26T2GJ7FP7AZ
  • Story Text: Hotel bombing leaves at least three dead in the
    Iraqi town of Kerbala

    At least three people were killed when a bomb
    exploded on Monday (November 3) outside a hotel used by
    Iranian pilgrims in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, 90 km
    (56 miles) south of Baghdad, Shi'ite officials said.

    The bomb appeared to have been planted in a nearby
    barrel and destroyed much of the front side of the hotel.

    The multinational force responsible for security in the
    Kerbala region confirmed there had been a bomb explosion,
    that there were Iraqi casualties, and that there were no
    casualties from the coalition side.

    There was no indication who was behind the blast, which
    follows days of violence farther north in Baghdad and west
    in the area known as the Sunni triangle.

    Kerbala, was tense last month after U.S. forces killed
    eight followers of cleric Mahmoud al-Hassani in a shootout
    on October 16. Three U.S. military police and two Iraqi
    police also died.

    In August, a bomb blast in the Shi'ite holy city of
    Najaf killed senior Shi'ite cleric Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim
    and more than 80 of his followers.


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