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| Baghdad's residential building blast casualties up to 44 |
| 2010-03-07 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The final count of casualties from Sunday's earlier blast that targeted a residential building in eastern Baghdad rose to 25 dead and 19 others wounded, according to an Iraqi police source. “Victims of the explosive attack that left a residential building in Ur neighborhood, eastern Baghdad, destroyed by mortar shells rose to 25 deaths and 19 injured,' the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Earlier, a security source said the attack left 12 dead and 10 wounded, noting the number of casualties was most likely to rise. Eyewitnesses had told Aswat al-Iraq that the explosion occurred when a store on the ground floor was detonated. |
| Posted by:Steve White |