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| Suicide bomber kills at least 32 in Basra |
| 2012-01-14 |
| A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman has killed at least 32 people and injured more than 100 in an attack on Shi'ite pilgrims at a checkpoint in southern Iraq. The attack in Basra occurs at the end of Arbain, one of the big religious observances on the Shi'ite calendar. A police official on the scene said, "A terrorist wearing a police uniform and carrying fake police ID managed to reach a police checkpoint and blew himself up among police and pilgrims." Iraqi security forces sealed off the main hospital in Basra, in fear of further attacks. Weeping relatives gathered at the hospital as blood-covered victims arrived there. Ahmed al-Sulaiti, deputy head of the Basra provincial council, said, "Now we have 32 killed and more than 100 wounded. We are waiting for more details from the security forces about the reasons behind the attack and how they managed to do it." |
| Posted by:ryuge |