Bomb in Iraq's Mosul kills, wounds up to 50: police

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:08 AM
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Bomb in Iraq's Mosul kills, wounds up to 50: police

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb attack on a residential building in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Wednesday killed and wounded up to 50 people, police said.

Women and children were among the victims, police said. They did not have an immediate break-up of the dead and wounded.

Witnesses said it was one of the biggest explosions they had ever heard in Mosul.

Initial reports indicated gunmen had planted explosives in the building and then detonated the cache, police said.

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:14 AM
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1. BBC: Seven killed in north Iraq blast , up to 79 wounded

Seven killed in north Iraq blast

At least seven people have been killed and 70 wounded by a huge explosion in a residential building in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police have said.
Brig-Gen Abdul Kareem al-Jubouri told the Reuters news agency that the explosion followed a police raid on a suspected bomb factory in the building.

Women and children are said to be among the victims of the blast in the city, 390km (240 miles) north of Baghdad

more:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7205017.stm

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