Car bomb explodes in Iraq's Kufa - police(Dozen killed and wounded)

Source: Reuters

More BAGHDAD, May 8 (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a public square in the Iraqi Shi'ite city of Kufa on Tuesday and there were some casualties, police said.

Car bombs are rare in Kufa, which is south of Baghdad and near the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf.



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Dozens killed and wounded in Iraq car bomb attack

More KUFA, Iraq, May 8 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed and wounded dozens of people near a restaurant in the Shi'ite Iraqi city of Kufa on Tuesday, police and witnesses said.

One witness who said he saw the explosion said the bomber was driving a minibus.

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Roadside bomb kills three, wounds 5
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A roadside bomb exploded near a minibus in southeastern Baghdad Tuesday, killing three people and wounding five others, police said.

The attack in the Zafaraniya neighborhood took place around 8:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. ET)

Separately, Iraq's Interior Ministry reported that 30 bodies were found in Baghdad on Monday, bringing the seven-day total to 153. (Posted 2:45 a.m.)

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Car bomb kills 16 in Iraqi Shi'ite city
08 May 2007 08:28:06 GMT

By Khaled Farhan

KUFA, Iraq, May 8 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 16 people in the Iraqi city of Kufa on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said, the latest in a spate of car bombs in the Shi'ite south apparently aimed at stoking sectarian strife.

One witness said the bomber drove a minibus into an open-air market packed with morning shoppers.

"I saw the minibus coming through the crowds. There was one person driving. He tried to park the vehicle and then it exploded. There were many bodies," Mohan Ali told Reuters.

Salem Nima, head of the media centre in the provincial health department of Najaf, said the blast killed 16 people and wounded 70. He said the death toll could climb.

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 8
08 May 2007 10:45:15 GMT
Source: Reuters

May 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1030 GMT
on Monday:

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BAGHDAD - Police said they recovered 30 bullet-riddled bodies in Baghdad,
including 17 in the religiously mixed neighbourhood of Amil.

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BAGHDAD - Iraqi army killed seven insurgents and arrested 115 others during
the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

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ISKANDARIYA - Two people were killed and 10 wounded by a mortar round
attack in Iskandariya on Tuesday, police said.


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The Reuters Factbox lists 53 killed or found dead so far on Tuesday
plus 6 killed on Monday.

5 killed, 15 wounded in Diyala suicide blast in police station
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up Tuesday morning inside a police station in a Diyala province town, killing five police officers and wounding 15 other people, police in Baquba told CNN.

The incident occurred in Jalawla, a predominantly Kurdish town more than 35 miles northeast of Baquba, the Diyala provincial capital. Diyala is north and east of Baghdad and borders Iran.

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 8
08 May 2007 12:21:53 GMT
Source: Reuters

KUFA - At least 16 people were killed and 70 wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded at a crowded market in the Shi'ite city of Kufa, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, health and government officials in the province of Najaf said.

* FALLUJA - The bodies of seven people were found shot in and around Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* NEAR KHANAQIN - A suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded 23, including 10 civilians, when he targeted a police station in the town of Khanaqin, north of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - The bodies of three personal guards of Iraq's minister of Higher Education were found shot dead in Baghdad, an official in the ministry said.


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