IRAQ: A SUICIDE CAR BOMB AT A MOSQUE HAS KILLED AT LEAST THIRTEEN PEOPLE AND A GUNMAN HAS KILLED NINE AT A BAGHDAD BAKERY

Record ID: 358958

  • Title: IRAQ: A SUICIDE CAR BOMB AT A MOSQUE HAS KILLED AT LEAST THIRTEEN PEOPLE AND A GUNMAN HAS KILLED NINE AT A BAGHDAD BAKERY
  • Date: 12th February 2005
  • Summary: (W3) BALAD RUZ, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 11, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF SITE OF ATTACK WITH DESTROYED CARS/ BURNT OUT SUICIDE CAR; SLV DESTROYED LORRY 0.09 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED POLICEMAN: "Our patrol went out after they heard there was a car bomb in the market. When we got to the market another car came after the patrol. The car exploded. We
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  • Location: BAGHDAD/BALAD RUZ, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA6AALFLSBWERZEYBS39REGKTPA
  • Story Text: Suicide car bomb at mosque kills at least 13 and
    Iraqi police say gunmen kill nine at Baghdad bakery.

    Iraqi Police said at least 13 people were killed and
    40 wounded in Balad Ruz when a suicide car bomb exploded
    outside a mosque on Friday (February 11, 2005). Four of
    the dead were soldiers, and children were among the wounded.

    The worshippers had been leaving a Shi'ite ceremony
    linked to Ashura, one of the most holy events in the
    Shi'ite calendar that pays homage to the martyrdom of Imam
    Hussein in 680 AD.

    Police said there had been another bomb but they found
    it before it exploded.

    "Our patrol went out after they heard there was a car
    bomb in the market," said one policeman. "When we got to
    the market another car came after the patrol. The car
    exploded. We got the first car but the second one exploded".

    Shi'ites make up around 60 percent of Iraq's population
    but were oppressed for decades under Saddam Hussein. An
    alliance oF mainly Shi'ite Islamist groups is expected to
    dominate Iraqi politics following the Jan. 30 elections.

    Insurgents, most of whom are Sunni Muslim, have mounted
    repeated attacks on Shi'ites. Shi'ite leaders say they will
    not be drawn into a civil war.

    Earlier, gunmen opened fire on Shi'ites in a bakery in
    Baghdad, killing at least nine people.

    Police said the gunmen drove up in two cars and then
    burst into the bakery. The motive for the attack was not
    known.


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