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IRAQ’S CONTINIOUS BLOODSHED
IRAQ’S CONTINIOUS BLOODSHED
Two days after a car bomb in a Shiaa suburb of Baghdad killed 9 and injured 27, on 05/03/2011, another suicide bomb attack, on Thursday 05/05/2011, in Hilla, Iraq outside a local police station has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 40. Most of the casualties are local police officers (see also – Hilla12.24.09).
The attack took place during a shift change, when many police officers were outside the building.
Hilla is a mainly Shiaa city and has in the past come under attack by Sunni militants.
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