112 killed, 197 wounded in series of Baghdad blasts
December 8, 2009 - 11:13:35
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Nearly 112 persons have been killed and 197 others injured in the wave of blasts that ripped through the Iraqi capital earlier today, according to the latest figures released by security sources.
“A booby-trapped car driven by a bomber detonated near the technical institute in Baghdad’s southern area of al-Doura, killing 15 people and wounding 23 others, including police personnel,” a police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Earlier in the day, the same source said that 62 persons were killed and 105 others were wounded in the three bombings that occurred near the Labor and Social Affairs Ministry in al-Qahira neighborhood, the Fine Arts Institute in al-Karkh side and the downtown al-Shourja area, which is packed with shoppers.
The blasts come as the country is preparing to announce the date for a parliamentary election early next year and two days after the Parliament unanimously voted in favor of a law governing the election, which will be the second nationalist ballot since the U.S.-led invasion of the country.
Today’s attacks are reminiscent of a series of blasts that rocked the capital on October 25, 2009, which left 132 people killed and 500 others wounded, all civilians.
On August 2009, two other blasts hit the ministries of foreign affairs and finance, killing and wounding hundreds of people.
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