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| Iraq | |
| Four killed in Baghdad attacks | |
| 2012-08-25 | |
| BAGHDAD: Attacks in Baghdad and north of the capital killed four people yesterday, after the conclusion of the Eid festival and as Al-Qaeda claimed a series of attacks earlier in the summer. In the deadliest attack, two explosions struck the neighborhood of Sadr City in north Baghdad at around 12:30 p.m. (0930 GMT) as worshippers were gathering for prayers on the Muslim day of rest. Three people were killed and at least eight were wounded, according to medics at nearby hospitals and an interior ministry official. Among the wounded was Nasser Al-Saadi, an official in the movement loyal to anti-US cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr, the medics said.
Officials in the main northern city of Mosul, meanwhile, on Friday morning found four bodies, all of men in their 30s who had been shot in the head and chest. It was unclear why they had been targeted. Both police First Lt. Mohammed Al-Juburi and doctor Mahmud Haddad at Mosul General Hospital said the men appeared to have been killed late on Thursday. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |