Car bomb attacks kill 57 people in Iraq

At least 57 people were killed on Monday in car bomb attacks in Baghdad.

October 06, 2015
Car bomb attacks kill 57 people in Iraq
Car bomb attacks kill 57 people in Iraq

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


BAGHDAD — At least 57 people were killed on Monday in car bomb attacks in Baghdad and the north and south of Iraq, police and medical sources said. One attack took place near a crowded market in the town of Khalis, about 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, killing 35 people, police said.



“The driver begged police to be allowed to park his vehicle in order to buy medication from a nearby pharmacy and five minutes later it (the bomb) went off and caused huge destruction,” police captain Mohammed Al-Tamimi said.



In the town of Al Zubair, about 15 km (9 miles) southwest of the oil town of Basra, a second attack took place also near a crowded market. Ten people died.



Another car bomb exploded in the Husseiniya district of the northern outskirts of Baghdad, killing 12 people, police and medical sources said. Daesh claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack in Al Zubair through an affiliated Twitter account. — Reuters


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