Bombs kill several in Iraq
October 12, 2013Advertisement
Police officials said a pickup truck exploded at night at the entrance of a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in a primarily Sunni Muslim district in the city of Samarra, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. They said the explosion also injured more than 30 people and damaged several shops.
In Tikrit, about 170 kilometers north of Baghdad, a roadside bomb hit an army patrol killing one soldier and wounding three.
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attacks.
According to UN estimates, attacks killed 979 people in September, one of the country's highest monthly tolls in at least five years. An increase in attacks that began in April has killed more than 5,000 people.
mkg/hc (Reuters, AFP, dpa, AP)