Bomb explodes near Baghdad hotels with foreigners
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-09 12:55

At least one person was killed when a suicide bomber driving a garbage truck blew himself up on Wednesday near a Baghdad hotel used by Iraqi police and their foreign instructors, police said.

An injured man is evacuated after a powerful suicide bomb exploded in central Baghdad early March 9, 2005. [Reuters]

The blast, which wounded at least six people, was also close to the Agriculture Ministry building in central Baghdad.

A pall of black smoke rises over the Baghdad skyline following a suicide truck bombing early March 9, 2005. A suicide bomber driving a garbage truck blew himself up on Wednesday near a Baghdad hotel used by Iraqi police and their foreign instructors, police said, shaking buildings and sending thick black smoke into the sky. [Reuters]

Shooting erupted for several minutes before and after the blast, which sent thick black smoke into the sky and destroyed 20 cars.

An Iraqi fireman responds to the scene after a powerful suicide bomb exploded in central Baghdad early March 9, 2005.[Reuters]

Ambulances carried victims from the scene. A group of people carried a wounded man into the hotel. U.S. troops sealed off the area.

Iraqi authorities arrive at the scene after a powerful suicide bomb exploded in central Baghdad early March 9, 2005. A suicide bomber driving a garbage truck blew himself up on Wednesday near a Baghdad hotel used by Iraqi police and their foreign instructors, police said. [Reuters]

Insurgents are waging a relentless campaign of suicide and car bombings in a bid to topple the interim Iraqi government and drive out foreign troops.

An Iraqi civilian about 400 meters from the scene picked up a large piece of shrapnel from the blast as fire trucks moved past.

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