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Ten killed in rocket and bomb attack in Baghdad
 BAGHDAD - At least 10 people were killed and 56 wounded when a rocket attack demolished a building and a car bomb hit rescuers rushing to the scene in Baghdad on Sunday, an interior ministry official said. The twin explosions knocked down a four-storey building in the Zafaraniyah district of the Iraqi capital, the official and a witness said.A Katyusha rocket landed on a building in the Al-Qubyasi market. Five minutes later, 100 metres (yard) away from this building a car bomb went off, said the official after the blasts, which erupted at about 7:00 pm (1500 GMT). A medical official who lives in the district and who saw the attacks told AFP: There are dozens of bodies in the street. The building just collapsed. It was four-storeys, with homes and shops. Civil defence personnel are trying to get bodies out of the building. The shops underneath are destroyed, he said. A third blast, apparently a roadside bomb, targeted a police patrol heading for the scene, the interior ministry official added. Three officers were wounded in this apparent follow-up attack, he said. Posted by: Steve White 2006-08-14 |
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