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Two suicide bombers strike Fallujah
Two suicide bombers in explosives-laden trucks took aim at police stations in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 100, Iraqi officials said.
- AP
- Published: 15:57 December 4, 2008
Baghdad: Two suicide bombers in explosives-laden trucks took aim at police stations in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 100, Iraqi officials said.
The apparently coordinated blasts struck within minutes of each other outside the concrete barriers surrounding two police stations in different sections of Fallujah.
A senior Iraqi police officer in Fallujah says a police station in the northern part of the city was leveled and several nearby houses were heavily damaged.
A police station in central Fallujah was also struck, he said.
Police and hospital officials gave the casualty toll on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information.
The US military said two bombs exploded in Fallujah shortly before noon on Thursday, but it had no immediate information about casualties or other details.
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