Posted on 02/20/2006 1:17:11 AM PST by HAL9000
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a mini-bus Monday afternoon in northern Baghdad, setting the vehicle ablaze and leaving burnt bodies, police said.The attacker struck in the Shiite neighborhood of Kadhamiyah, which has been regularly targeted by Sunni Muslim extremists intent on fanning sectarian strife among Iraq's religious groups.
It was not clear how many people were killed in the attack, police added
Attack commits suicide in Baghdad: at least 12 withdrawn bodies of a minibus
BAGHDAD - At least twelve carbonized bodies were withdrawn from a minibus, in which a kamikaze was made jump Monday, little before midday, in a district Shiite of the north of Baghdad, according to a source of the ministry for the Interior.
The rescue squads continue their operations to withdraw human remainders of the minibus, one added.
At least eight wounded was earlier evacuated towards the hospitals, declared this source.
The attack took place in the district Shiite of Kazimiyah, in the north of the capital, one indicated.
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