14 killed, 64 injured in Iraqi car bombings (Lead)
October 11th, 2009 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Baghdad, Oct 11 (Xinhua) Fourteen people were killed and 64 others injured in three car bomb attacks in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi Sunday, the interior ministry said.
“The latest police reports said a total of 14 people were killed and 64 others injured, including policemen, in twin car bombings and a suicide car bomb attack outside a hospital in Ramadi,” an official requesting anonymity said.
Two explosives-laden cars, parked in a garage outside the compound of the Anbar provincial council building, were detonated in quick succession, killing 12 people and wounding 60 others, including policemen, the source said.
In another attack, a suicide bomber detonated the explosives after police personnel at a checkpoint outside a city hospital tried to stop the car he was driving.
Two policemen were killed and four others wounded in the blast, the official added.
The government has meanwhile imposed a curfew in the city and additional security personnel were deployed on the streets to main law and order.
The province was once a stronghold of the Al Qaeda militants in the country.
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