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9 die in suicide bombing in Heet
 Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Nine civilians, including children, were killed in a suicide attack that took place in central Hit, west of Iraq, official sources said on Wednesday. “A suicide attacker wearing suicide belt targeted on Tuesday evening a gathering of children in central Hit town, west of Ramadi,” an officer from Anbar police told AFP. The death toll of the blast reached nine victims in addition to two injured women, Mohamed al-Mohammadi, chief of Hit local council said on Wednesday. “Followed by security services, the attacker tried to hide in one of the houses in al-Gara, central Hit. He gathered a group of children on the street and then blew himself up.” A medical source from Hit Hospital said, “nine bodies including seven siblings who were killed due to the blast, arrived at the hospital.” “Among the victims, there were six children below the age of six,” the source added. Posted by: badanov 2017-06-08 |
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