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| Two Turcomen Behind Talafar Attack |
| 2008-02-17 |
| Preliminary investigation indicated that the two suicide bombers that waged the bombing attack in central Talafar, 60 km west of Mosul, were Iraqi Turcomen, Talafar mayor said on Friday. "The bombing attack that jolted the city of Talafar was implemented by two Iraqi Turcomen," says a source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI). A source, the Talafar police chief, had said earlier that four civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in two successive suicide blasts that targeted a mosque during the Friday prayers in central Talafar city. "The first bomber talked to the mosque's guards with the Turcoman dialect and the explosive belts used in the attack were local-made," the mayor explained. He did not provide further details. The Talafar police chief had said "a suicide bomber wearing a suicide belt was about to enter al-Sadiq mosque when suspecting policemen guarding the mosque opened fire at him but he detonated himself." "Five minutes later, another suicide bomber blew himself up amidst the crowds, killing four civilians and wounding 13 others, including a policeman," Juburi said. U.S. forces arrived at the scene and rushed seriously wounded people to a U.S. base in Talafar, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |