ATTACK ON MINIBUS LEAVES FIVE DEAD IN SOUTHERN IRAQ

AN ARMED GROUP ATTACKED A MINIBUS IN BAQUBA, 60
KILOMETRES NORTH-EAST OF BAGHDAD, KILLING FIVE CIVILIANS AND INJURING
FOUR OTHERS ON SUNDAY, A POLICE SOURCE SAID.
THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE ON THE AGRICULTURAL ROAD IN AL-ABBARA AREA
IN NORTHERN BAQUBA, THE SOURCE SAID, AFTER WHICH THE VICTIMS WERE
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, DPA REPORTED.
EARLIER, A CAR DRIVEN BY A SUICIDE BOMBER RAMMED INTO A POPULAR
MARKET PLACE IN AL-MAHMOUDIYA, SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, KILLING NINE IRAQIS
AND WOUNDING 18 OTHERS ON SUNDAY, A POLICE SOURCE SAID.
FIVE OTHER CIVILIANS WERE ALSO KILLED IN AN EARLIER CAR BOMB EAST
OF BAGHDAD. A CAR PARKED ON A MAIN STREET NEAR A MOSQUE IN THE
AL-KAMALIYA DISTRICT, 5 KILOMETRES EAST OF BAGHDAD, EXPLODED KILLING
FIVE CIVILIANS AND INJURING SIX OTHERS, A POLICE SOURCE SAID.