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Suicide bombers kill 33 in Baghdad
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-10 21:31
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a restaurant frequented by
Baghdad police, killing at least 33 people and seriously injuring 19, while a
car bomb killed seven army recruits in Saddam Hussein's hometown, police said.
The bombers struck at about 9:45 a.m., when officers usually stop by the
restaurant for breakfast. Police Maj. Abdel-Hussein Minsef said seven police
officers and 26 civilians were killed in the blast and 24 others injured, among
them 20 civilians.
The blasts came just before British Foreign Secretary Straw was expected in
the country for a meeting with Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
Samiya Mohammed, a housewife who lives nearby, said she rushed outside when
she heard the explosion.
"I went out to see the restaurant heavily damaged. There was bodies, mostly
civilians, and blood everywhere inside the place. This is a criminal act that
only targeted and hurt innocent people having their breakfast," she said.
There were no Americans in the area, she said.
"I do not understand why most of the time it is the Iraqis who are killed,"
she said.
A car bomb in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad,
detonated in the middle of a group of men outside an Iraqi army recruiting
center, killing seven and injuring 13, police Capt. Hakim al-Azawi said.
The men were former officers under Hussein who were
recently invited to rejoin the military to help fill out the ranks, Azawi said.
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