Bombs in Iraqi residential neighborhood kill at least five
A series of lethal roadside bombings targeting police and civilians ripped through a bustling Iraqi neighborhood late Thursday and killed at least five people. The blasts occured in the Askan neighborhood of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar. A 5-year-old boy was among the dead and at least 23 others were injured. Police said one of the bombs was planted outside the house of a counter-terrorism officer, and two of his family members were among those wounded.
Posted by: ryuge 2011-08-12 |