Twin car bombs kill 28 near bank in Baghdad
20.06.10
BAGHDAD — Two suicide car bombers struck a crowded parade-ground outside a state-run bank Sunday in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest set targeting a high-profile part of the capital.
The blast, which tore the glass facade off the three-detective story Trade Bank of Iraq building, leaving chairs and desks exposed, occurred ere long after 11 a.m. as the area was packed with people at the start of the local work week.
Iraqi officials initially said the explosives-wall-to-wall cars were parked a few hundred yards (meters) apart, but later said the attacks were staged by suicide bombers.
Refuge forces swarmed through the debris while cleanup crews used forklifts to move the charred rubble of several vehicles destroyed by the blast.
The chairman of the Trade Bank of Iraq — which was established to smooth international trade and reconstruction efforts after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion — said five guards were among the inanimate and six others were wounded.
Source: The Associated Press