27 killed in Iraq bomb attacks
December 22nd, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANSBaghdad, Dec 22 (IANS) At least 27 people were killed and some 154 wounded in a spate of car blasts and bomb attacks in Baghdad Thursday morning, an interior ministry source said.
“Our latest reports are that 27 people were killed and 154 others wounded in Baghdad bombings,” Xinhua quoted the source as saying on condition of anonymity.
It was a first major indication of escalation of violence in the country after the withdrawal of US troops from the country. The last batch of US combat forces in Iraq crossed into neighbouring Kuwait on Sunday (Dec 18).
On Thursday, the deadliest attack occurred in Karradah district in central Baghdad, when a car bomb parked near the building of Iraqi integrity commission detonated, killing 13 people and wounding 36, the source said.
A total of four car bombs ripped through the capital in addition to 10 roadside bombs and a rocket barrage that struck the city during the morning rush hour.
The attacks struck the districts of Alawi, Karradah, Bab al- Muadham in central Baghdad, Shaab, Shulla, Adhamiyah in the north, Baiyaa, Amil, Amin, Doura, Abu Dsheer in southern Baghdad, Yarmouk, Harthiyah and Ghazaliah in the west.
Iraqi security forces blocked many main roads in the capital and dozens of police and army vehicles were deployed across the city, as sounds of sirens of ambulances and fire engines could be heard across the capital.
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