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Triple bombing in Baghdad market kills 51
Three parked car bombs exploded in central Baghdad yesterday near a predominantly Shiite area packed with vendors, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
- AP
- Published: 00:00 December 3, 2006
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Baghdad: Three parked car bombs exploded in central Baghdad yesterday near a predominantly Shiite area packed with vendors, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
The bombs were about 100 metres apart and exploded nearly simultaneously at about 4.30pm, said police Lt. Ali Mohsin and hospital officials.
Most of the victims were in the busy Al Sadriyah shopping district in Baghdad, he said. At least 10 other parked vehicles were destroyed in an area where street vendors sell fruit, vegetables and other items.
Mohsin and hospital officials said 51 people were killed and 90 were wounded.
The blast, which sent huge clouds of black smoke rising into the sky, was in a popular area with narrow alleys that made it difficult for rescue vehicles to reach the scene. AP Television News footage showed a pickup truck carrying bodies to the hospital. The attack came more than a week after a bombing and mortar attack killed 215 people in Sadr City in Baghdad, stoking sectarian tensions.
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