Triple Bombing In Baghdad Deadliest In Months
-- Christian Science Monitor
-- Christian Science Monitor
The blasts took place in Azamiyah – once a hotbed of Sunni-Shiite violence – and may have been an attempt to reignite sectarian conflict.
At least 31 people were killed in a triple bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday. This is the latest incident in a series of attacks marking a surge in violence in the Iraqi capital. The attacks occurred in Baghdad’s Azamiyah neighborhood, a former hotbed of sectarian violence that has been relatively peaceful in recent months.
According to the Associated Press, Iraq’s Interior Ministry stated that a triple bomb attack killed at least 31 people and wounded 71.
The first bomb damaged a bus carrying school girls, the AP reported.
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