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| Iraq |
| Seven die in building collapse, believed caused with attack |
| 2006-03-28 |
| At least seven people died and 30 others suffered injuries when a three-storey building collapsed in southern sector of the Iraqi capital on Monday, a source of the interior ministry said. The source indicated that it was not yet determined whether the building was hit with shells or was blown up with explosives. Rescuers are sifting through the rubble to try locate survivors. In the Baghdad suburban region of Al-Sadr, a bomb blew up on a bus killing two civilians and wounding six others, a source of the interior ministry reported. Elsewhere, American troops stormed a building occupied by Iraqi interior ministry personnel and detained 40 of the regulars after locating 17 prisoners in the building, a security source told KUNA. The American troops surrounded the building, located in the center of the capital, at dawn before storming it at noon time. Police in southern city of Basra said Shatt Al-Arab Hotel, occupied by British troops, was attacked with Katyusha rockets, causing some damage. |
| Posted by:Fred |