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Suicide bomber kills seven in Fallujah

Suicide bomber kills seven in Fallujah

Seven people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of labourers on Monday morning in Fallujah, around 50 kilometres west of Baghdad, said police. Thirteen were reported wounded.

By News Wires (text)
 

AFP - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a group of labourers in the former Sunni rebel bastion of Fallujah on Monday, killing seven people, police and medical officials said.
  
Thirteen people were wounded in the blast, which occurred at around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) in the centre of Fallujah, 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Baghdad.
  
"He blew himself up among a group of day labourers," said Captain Bashar Mohammed, the chief of a police station in Fallujah.
  
The toll was confirmed by Ahmed Abdul Halim, a doctor at Fallujah General Hospital.
  
The security situation in Fallujah, once a hotbed of Sunni insurgency, has improved dramatically in recent years.
  
Since 2006, Sunni tribesmen and former rebels have joined forces with the US military against Al-Qaeda, greatly reducing the jihadists' presence in the area.
  

Date created : 15/03/2010 
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