(KUNA) -- The death toll of clashes at Sadr City over the past 24 hours has reached 20, with 239 others wounded, according to numbers tallied by Baghdad hospitals. Imam Ali Hospital Director Dr. Qassem Kadhim said his hospital, located in Dar City, received seven corpses and 52 wounded people, while Director of Al-Kindi Hospital Dr. Karim Nada said he admitted 44 wounded people up to 10: 00 a.m. this morning. Sadr Hospital Director Dr. Wahham Al-Jawhari, said meanwhile, that his hospital received five dead bodies and admitted 73 injured people. Among the wounded were women and children, they said. Moreover, Director of Rasafa Medical Office Ali Bustan said the eastern city clinic had received eight corpses and 70 wounded people.
This comes at a time when clashes resumed at Sadr City between Iraqi and US forces on one side and militants on the other. The city is considered a stronghold for the Sadrist Movement. Joint forces have surrounded the city, and helicopters continue to hover overhead as columns of smoke rose from the city, home to some two million people.
And in Baghdad, a police source told KUNA that three Iraqis were killed and five others were wounded when a mortar shell fell over Karada district in the center of the capital. Moreover, spokesperson for the US Embassy said three American employees were wounded when mortar shells fell over the Green Zone where the compound was located. Earlier today, Iraqi police said four mortar shells targeted the fortified zone. |