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| Iraqi president condemns deadly suicide bomb attack near Baghdad park |
| 2018-05-25 |
| Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) ‐ Iraqi President Fuad Masum has condemned an overnight suicide kaboom near a park in the Iraqi capital Baghdad that left 14 people killed and maimed. The attack took place around midnight Wednesday when a jacket wallah detonated his boom belt near an amusement park in al-Shula neighborhood in northwestern Baghdad. There were children among the casualties. This heinous crime shows how perpetrators of such terrorist attacks are coward and have no moral values, the Iraqi president said. Masum called on Iraqi security forces to remain vigilant and bring all bully boyz on the lam to trial to be punished for their crimes. He further offered condolences to the victims’ families and wished the injured a speedy recovery. No group has so far grabbed credit for the attack, but the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) Death Eater group is believed to be behind the blast as it used to target areas where crowds of people gather, including markets, cafes and mosques across Iraq. 5 Dead in Baghdad Cafe Suicide Bombing Claimed by IS [AnNahar] At least five people were killed and several others maimed when a jacket wallah struck a cafe in Baghdad, police said Thursday, in a pre-dawn attack claimed by the Islamic State group. "A suicide bomber blew up his boom belt while he was surrounded by police near a public garden in al-Shoala district," a mainly Shiite northern neighborhood of the capital, the statement by the security forces said. IS grabbed credit for the attack and said it killed 15 people, while naming the bomber as Abu Umar al-Ansari. "He entered into the crowd of apostates and detonated his boom belt, killing 15... and wounding over 19 others", it said in a statement. A police source told AFP five people had been killed and 16 others maimed in the overnight bombing, which hit people who had gathered after breaking their daily Ramadan fast. Those killed were a woman, a girl and three coppers, according to the source. One of the dead coppers was named as Lieutenant Rami Dhaher, an intelligence officer, who was hailed as a "hero" in the media. The dead officer's name was also cited in the IS statement claiming the attack. The attack came on the seventh day of Ramadan fasting, a period regularly hit by bloody bully boy violence in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Cafes in Iraq are particularly busy at night during this Islamic holy month, with families and friends gathering to relax and eat before the fast re-starts at dawn. |
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