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| Talafar attack casualties up to 28 |
| 2008-09-21 |
| (VOI) -- Deaths from Saturday evening's earlier suicide car bombing attack in a football pitch Talafar district rose to three and the wounded to 25, according to a local police source. "The death toll rose to three and the wounded to 25. The ages of the bombing victims range between 15 and 25 years," the source, who refused to have his name published, told Aswat al-Iraq -- Voices of Iraq -- (VOI). Earlier in the day, a security source said that a suicide bomber blew up his explosive vehicle in a football pitch inside Talafar, killing two people and wounding 17 others, including six in serious condition. "The blast occurred in a football playground that was crammed with young men from al-Mualimeen neighborhood, central Talafar, killing two and injuring 17 others," the source, who asked for anonymity, told VOI. |
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