10 dead in mortar attack on bus station
Three mortars hit a commuter bus station in central Baghdad today, killing about 10 people and injuring about 15 others, police Lt. Yasser Fawaz said.
The mortar barrage came just hours after the start of a heavily-secured national conference meant to move Iraq on the road toward democracy.
The mortars appeared to target the Green Zone, the fortified enclave where the conference was being held, but hit the station by mistake, Fawaz said.
The ground at the bus station was littered with shrapnel and shards of glass and stained with blood. Later, gunfire could be heard in the area.
