A kaboom has reportedly rocked the western Iraqi city of Haditha north of Storied Baghdad, killing at least ten that were mostly government soldiers.The Thursday kaboom, which took place at a state-owned bank, also maimed at least 26 others, Rooters reported.
Police Lieutenant Ali al-Ubaidi said there was "a group of Iraqi Army soldiers standing in front of the bank to collect their salaries" when the incident happened.
"The corpse count is 10 killed, including eight soldiers, and 26 maimed, including 20 soldiers," he said.
Iraq continues to suffer considerable violence in the eighth year of the US military occupation of the country and despite the continued presence of tens of thousands of US military officers.
The city itself witnessed US forces killing 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and kiddies, in an outburst of rage in 2005.
Over one million Iraqis have died during the US-led occupation, says Caliphornia-based investigative project, Project Censored.