Suicide bombers kill 36
A string of suicide attacks killed at least 36 people and wounded 19 more in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today, the US military and police officials said.
The first attack happened at a police headquarters in Mosul, killing 13 policemen and two civilians and wounding six more, said US Army Captain Mark Walter, a spokesman in Mosul. Earlier reports had put the death toll at six.
Less than two hours later, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a parking lot outside an Iraqi army base, killing 16 and wounding seven more, Walter said
Almost all of the victims were civilian workers arriving at the site, he said.
A third attacker strapped with a belt of explosives walked into Mosul Jumhouri Teaching Hospital and blew himself up in a room for police officers guarding the facility, killing five policemen and wounding six others, police Brigadier General Wathiq Mohammed Tahr said.
Mosul, the country’s third-largest city, is 225 miles north-west of Baghdad and considered an insurgent stronghold.
