Car bombings kill 12 in Baghdad

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 15:55 GMT, Sunday, 28 September 2008 16:55 UK

Car bombings kill 12 in Baghdad

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens
more wounded in two car bombings in a western
district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police
have said.

Officials said the near-simultaneous explosions
occurred in a predominantly Shia neighbourhood.

Early police reports say the explosions occurred
just before the breaking of the fast for the
evening meal during the Muslim holy month of
Ramadan.

One police source said he expected the death
toll from the bombings to rise.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7640782.stm

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