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Car bombs kill 15 in Iraq
Two car bombs killed 15 people and wounded 32 in the southern Iraqi town of Qurna on Friday, hospital officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 June 8, 2007
Basra: In the latest suicide car bomb attack in Iraq, two car bombs killed 15 people and wounded 32 in the southern town of Qurna on Friday, hospital officials said.
Police said a bus exploded in a bus terminal in one attack while in the other a car blew up in a market.
Officials have accused Al Qaida-linked Sunni islamists of trying to stoke sectarian tensions by carrying out attacks in key Shiite cities in recent months.
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