Thursday, August 9, 2012

11 killed, 25 wounded in car bomb in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- 11 Iraqis were killed Wednesday in a car bomb in popular market in south Baghdad, a police source said.

A car bomb parked near a popular market in a village in Wasit province, exploded at the time of breakfast of Ramadan, killing 11 people and 25 others were wounded, some of them seriously injured, the source added.

The explosion also caused the destruction of some cars and shops.

Violence is still common in the Iraqi cities despite the dramatic decrease since its peak in 2006 and 2007 when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.


from XINHUA
2012-08-09 01:57:18

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