25 killed, over 100 hurt in Iraq blasts
May 15th, 2010 - 2:41 am ICT by IANSBaghdad, May 15 (IANS) Twenty-five people were killed and over 100 injured Friday in two bomb attacks in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, police said.
An explosives-laden car was detonated targeting a football match played between two local teams in Telaffer city of Nineveh province. Minutes after the initial blast, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a crowd who gathered at the site, Xinhua reported citing police.
The Nineveh province is a stronghold of Al Qaida terrorists.
–Indo-Asian news Service
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