Taiwan News, Newspaper 2011-10-29 02:53 PM | ||
Associated PressBAGHDAD
Iraqi police and health officials say the death toll of a twin bombing in
a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has risen to 32.
The two blasts, which took place Thursday evening at a music store,
wounded 71 other people, the officials said. A second bomb exploded
minutes after the first, targeting rescue workers and onlookers.
Violence in Iraq is increasing with the approach of the end of the year
deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw.
The officials said Friday that some of the more seriously wounded died
overnight. Wounded were taken to numerous hospitals, they said, and
it took time to get an accurate death toll.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to talk to reporters.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Two police officials said the first explosion, at a music store shortly after
7 p.m., killed two people. The second bomb struck four minutes later, as
rescue workers and others rushed to the scene, the officials said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Thirty-six people were wounded in the attack, according to a medic at
Imam Hussein hospital.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to talk to reporters. Read the rest on:
Taiwan News
Iraqi police and health officials say the death toll of a twin bombing in
a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has risen to 32.
The two blasts, which took place Thursday evening at a music store,
wounded 71 other people, the officials said. A second bomb exploded
minutes after the first, targeting rescue workers and onlookers.
Violence in Iraq is increasing with the approach of the end of the year
deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw.
The officials said Friday that some of the more seriously wounded died
overnight. Wounded were taken to numerous hospitals, they said, and
it took time to get an accurate death toll.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to talk to reporters.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Two police officials said the first explosion, at a music store shortly after
7 p.m., killed two people. The second bomb struck four minutes later, as
rescue workers and others rushed to the scene, the officials said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Thirty-six people were wounded in the attack, according to a medic at
Imam Hussein hospital.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to talk to reporters. Read the rest on:
Taiwan News
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