Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Attack kills 35 people north of Baghdad

According to police, a car bomb near the local council building in the town of Taji was followed by a roadside bomb that went off as people gathered to help the victims from the first explosion.
Iraqi officials have raised the toll from a combined car bomb and roadside bombing north of Baghdad to 35 people killed.
Two police officers say insurgents first detonated a parked car bomb near the local council building in the town of Taji around noon on Tuesday. That blast was followed by a roadside bomb that went off as people gathered to help the victims from the first explosion.
The officers say at least 47 people were wounded in the blasts.

A doctor at a local hospital confirmed the causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
Taji is a Sunni-dominated town about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad. 
AP

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