Bombings in Iraqi Capital Kill 23
By VOA News
03 March 2008
Iraqi police say at least 23 people were killed in two separate bombings in Baghdad Monday.
Police say the deadliest attack occurred in central Baghdad's Bab al-Mudham neighborhood when a car bomb detonated, killing 15 people and wounding at least 43 others.
In eastern Baghdad, Iraqi security officials say a suicide car bomber rammed an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing two police officers and wounding at least six other people. Nearby homes sustained significant damage in the attack.
In other violence, police in the southern city of Basra say gunmen ambushed the convoy of a top Iraqi provincial police chief - Colonel Qassim Obeid - and shot him dead along with his three bodyguards.
The U.S. military in Iraq said Monday a car bomb exploded Sunday in Samarra, north of Baghdad, killing four Iraqis, including a child. The military says six others were wounded in the attack blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq.
The U.S. military said in another statement that soldiers discovered 14 bodies in a mass grave south of Samarra on Sunday. The military says the victims' hands were tied behind their backs, and they had been shot in the head.
The military says coalition and Iraqi forces suspect al-Qaida in Iraq is responsible for the killings. The victims are believed to have been members of security forces or groups that fought against extremists.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
