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| Suicide bomber near Shi'ite funeral kills 31 in Baghdad |
| 2012-01-27 |
| A suicide bomber blew up his explosive-filled taxi near a funeral procession in Baghdad on Friday, killing 31 people in the latest attack on a Shi'ite neighbourhood. At least 60 people were wounded in the attack. The bomber detonated his vehicle near a group of Shi'ite mourners passing by a small market street in the Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in the southwest of the city. Eyewitness Ali Mohsen said, "I was in the old Zaafaraniya market when a funeral came by and just as it passed, a car bomb exploded. I helped evacuating the dead and injured people, their blood covered the ground." The suicide car bomber may have also tried to target the Zaafaraniya police station, blowing himself up close to shops and the market instead, according to one official. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 why can't Fred Phelps and his asshole Westboro church protest at these funerals? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-27 16:21 |
| #1 Thinking back to how many funerals and funeral processions have turned into mass casualty events, you would think that somebody, anybody, would get around to saying, "Hey, why don't we stretch it out so to minimize casualties from any attack?" Instead of cramming everything into an hour, let people trickle in and out all day. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-27 08:43 |