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27/10/2003
34 killed in Baghdad suicide bombings
Up to 34 people have been reported killed in four separate attacks by rebels in Baghdad today – the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
Suicide bombers targeted the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and three police stations as Baghdad was rocked by a wave of explosions this morning. An attack on a fourth police station was beaten off. The death toll could yet climb higher as hospitals attempt to cope with the reported 225 people who were injured.
Iraqi authorities are suggesting that 26 of the dead were civilians and eight were policemen.
The ICRC said that two of its Iraqi employees were killed in the outrage. Ten other people in the area were also reported killed.
In a statement, the humanitarian organisation said: "The ICRC condemns this attack in the strongest terms and expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families. All deliberate attacks causing death or injury among civilians are strictly prohibited by international humanitarian law and negate the most basic principles of humanity."
The organization said that it would be "reassessing its working conditions in Baghdad over the next few days".
Today's mayhem follows on from a mortar attack on a Baghdad hotel yesterday in which one person was killed and 17 others injured – including a British foreign office official.
The US deputy secretary of state for defense, Paul Wolfowitz, was staying at the al Rasheed Hotel when the six missiles slammed into the building. He was said to be shaken but uninjured.
(gmcg)
Suicide bombers targeted the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and three police stations as Baghdad was rocked by a wave of explosions this morning. An attack on a fourth police station was beaten off. The death toll could yet climb higher as hospitals attempt to cope with the reported 225 people who were injured.
Iraqi authorities are suggesting that 26 of the dead were civilians and eight were policemen.
The ICRC said that two of its Iraqi employees were killed in the outrage. Ten other people in the area were also reported killed.
In a statement, the humanitarian organisation said: "The ICRC condemns this attack in the strongest terms and expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their families. All deliberate attacks causing death or injury among civilians are strictly prohibited by international humanitarian law and negate the most basic principles of humanity."
The organization said that it would be "reassessing its working conditions in Baghdad over the next few days".
Today's mayhem follows on from a mortar attack on a Baghdad hotel yesterday in which one person was killed and 17 others injured – including a British foreign office official.
The US deputy secretary of state for defense, Paul Wolfowitz, was staying at the al Rasheed Hotel when the six missiles slammed into the building. He was said to be shaken but uninjured.
(gmcg)
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