BUS BOMBINGS SOUTH OF BAGHDAD KILL AT LEAST 11
Baku, 25 August (AZERTAC).Bombs planted on two minibuses killed at least 11 people and wounded 12 near the usually quiet southern town of Kut on Monday, officials said.
Two police sources in Baghdad earlier said 20 people had been killed in Kut, and 10 wounded, but the head of the local council of Wasit province put the toll at 11 killed and 12 wounded. A Wasit police source also said 11 had died.
“This is a criminal and treacherous act. This is the first time this has happened in Wasit, which is usually very quiet. This is an effort to bring violence to the province and create terror,” said Mahmoud Abdulla, head of the provincial council.
The buses were on their way to Kut, a mainly Shi`ite Muslim area 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad, from Baghdad.
The bloodiest day this year occurred last Wednesday when two massive truck bombs devastated the foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad, killing at least 95 people.
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