Suicide bomber kills at least 32 in Baghdad
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January 28, 2012, Saturday
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A SUICIDE bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 32 people - half of them policemen who were guarding the march.
Police said the bomb exploded at 11am in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah, where mourners had gathered for the funeral of a person killed the day before. They said 65 people were wounded in the attack, including 16 police.
Hospital officials confirmed the death toll.
Across Iraq, at least 200 people have been killed in a wave of attacks by suspected insurgents since the beginning of the year.
Most of the dead have been Shiite pilgrims and members of the Iraqi security forces. A sectarian-based political crisis has added to the concerns of descent into violence.
Salam Hussein, a 42-year-old grocery store owner in Zafaraniyah, said he was watching yesterday's funeral procession, which was heavily guarded by police, when the blast blew out his store windows.
Police said the bomb exploded at 11am in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah, where mourners had gathered for the funeral of a person killed the day before. They said 65 people were wounded in the attack, including 16 police.
Hospital officials confirmed the death toll.
Across Iraq, at least 200 people have been killed in a wave of attacks by suspected insurgents since the beginning of the year.
Most of the dead have been Shiite pilgrims and members of the Iraqi security forces. A sectarian-based political crisis has added to the concerns of descent into violence.
Salam Hussein, a 42-year-old grocery store owner in Zafaraniyah, said he was watching yesterday's funeral procession, which was heavily guarded by police, when the blast blew out his store windows.
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