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| Iraq |
| At least 17 reported dead or injured in motorcycle bomb, 34 bodies fetched |
| 2006-09-24 |
| (KUNA) -- Iraq marked a bloody start to Ramadan on Saturday, with at least nine Iraqis killed and eight others injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded at a restaurant in Baghdad and an attack at Neayriya suburb. In addition to fetching 34 bodies just hours following a car bomb that killed 32 people and wounded 30 others in Al-Sadr City. A security source told Kuna, that the police rushed the injured due to the motorcycle bomb that exploded at a restaurant in northeast Baghdad, to the hospital, noting that the health condition of three is critical. Militants killed eight Iraqi civilians in Neayriya suburb because they were posting the photo of a cleric. Just hours after that attack militants lobbed Othman mosque at the same suburb with missiles causing serious damages. The source said that the police cordoned off the vicinity of the mosque but the assailants escaped. An Iraqi police officer said that armed gangs are attempting to create a sectarian schism by agitating specified groups to a fight by eve of Ramadan. At least 32 people were killed and 30 others were wounded today, mainly women and children at a gas station explosion in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad. An extremist group calling itself "Jund Al-Sahaba" claimed responsibility for the explosions according to a statement carried by the Internet but the source was not yet confirmed. In addition the Police found 34 bodies bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds, in different parts of the small town of Mahmudiya just south of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Fred |