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| Iraq |
| Baghdad blast casualties up to 20 |
| 2010-09-06 |
| [Aswat al-Iraq] Casualties from Sunday's earlier car bomb attack in central Baghdad rose to five civilian deaths and 15 others wounded, an interior ministry source said. "A car bomb parked at al-Maydan square, central Baghdad, went off, near the old building of the defense ministry followed by a suicide attack with a car bomb, leaving five killed and 15 others wounded," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He expected the number of casualties to grow. However, Maj. General Qassem Atta, the official spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC), told Aswat al-Iraq that two soldiers were killed and eight civilians wounded in a car bomb blast that targeted the old building of the defense ministry, the headquarters of the Iraqi army's 11th Division in Bab al-Muadham, central Baghdad. Earlier, a press release published on the BOC web site said that the suicide bomber who attacked the defense ministry building detonated his explosive vehicle after he came under security forces' fire. "The bomber detonated his explosive-rigged car near the back gate of the defense ministry building in al-Maydan square, leaving two persons killed and eight others wounded," read the release published on the BOC web site. "Gunfire was heard prior to the bombing as security forces shot at the terrorist who did not succumb to the warning signals," it added. |
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