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| Twin blasts kill 25 at football game in Iraq |
| 2010-05-15 |
| A DOUBLE bomb attack at a football match in northern Iraq, which was unprotected by security forces, has killed 25 people in the second incident this week to cause mass casualties. The explosion, which also left dozens wounded, occurred in Tal Afar, 380km north of Baghdad. Eyewitnesses said around 250 people were watching the game when the attackers struck and that no police or soldiers were on duty. "We heard a loud explosion and the people behind me shielded me from the shrapnel," said spectator Hussein Nashad, 29. "I ran away, but then I heard someone shout 'Allahu akbar' (God is greatest), and then there was another explosion." A local police officer said the double blasts were caused by a car bomb followed by a suicide attack. An interior ministry official said 25 people were killed and 100 wounded. The incident came four days after a devastating series of attacks in five cities blamed on al-Qaeda killed 110 people in the bloodiest violence this year. |
| Posted by:tipper |