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| 15 people killed in Turkmenistan blast |
| 2011-07-11 |
| [Emirates 24/7] Two servicemen and 13 civilians died in a series of blasts that rocked the outskirts of the capital of Turkmenistan last week, the official state news agency said. ... and if you can't believe the state news agency who can you believe? on Sunday. The corpse count was the first reported by the reclusive Central Asian state since Thursday's mystery kabooms, which members of the Turkmen opposition living abroad said may have killed some 200 people. Turkmenistan's TDH news agency said the initial blast went off at a fireworks storage facility, with the blazes then spreading to a munitions dump. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 bonus points for the quote marks on 'mosque' FTW |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-07-11 21:37 |
| #2 Lot of exploding to kill two hundred people Maybe one of the buildings in question was a 'mosque'. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-07-11 20:56 |
| #1 A fireworks storage facility next to a munitions dump? I hesitate to ask, but is anybody really that stupid? Perhaps there were two fireworks storage facilities, or two munitions dumps? Lot of exploding to kill two hundred people when they're not supposed to be hear the place(s). |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2011-07-11 20:43 |