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Heavy, highly explosive charge defused in Nasseriya

February 11, 2009 - 02:04:19

THI-QAR / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces defused a heavy and highly explosive roadside bomb that was planted near a school in southern Nasseriya city, according to a release posted on the internet on Wednesday.

“The explosive device consisted of mid-size oxygen tank with 750 gm of the C4 very explosive material inside it, linked to a trigger,” the release said.

“The bomb that was planted near al-Kindi school in al-Iskan al-Sinaee neighborhood, southern Nasseriya, was removed without any casualties,” it added.

Nasseriya, the capital city of Thi-Qar province, lies 380 km south of Baghdad.

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