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Suicide bomb attack targets house of Shiite leader
(Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint protecting the house of a powerful Shiite leader in southern Baghdad on Saturday, killing a bodyguard and wounding four others, an Interior Ministry source said. "A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into a checkpoint outside the house of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim in the Jadriyah neighborhood," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The guards first opened fire on the speeding suspicious car and killed the driver who blew up the car, killing one of them and wounding four others, the source said. It was the third car bomb in the day after a first car bomb detonated near a passing police patrol in the crowded commercial area of the al-Alawi in central Baghdad, killing two people and wounding seven others, the police said. Sporadic gunfire resonated in the area after the blast, which caused a thick column of black smoke over the area. The second car bomb went off at the al-Jamia district in western Baghdad, killing two people and wounding four others. Insurgent attacks persisted in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities despite a crackdown operation launched by U.S. and Iraqi troops to curb insurgency and sectarian violence in the war-torn country. Posted by: Fred 2007-02-25 |
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