Two dead after minibus bomb explodes near offices of anti-US cleric

A BOMB hidden in a minibus exploded near the offices of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in eastern Baghdad yesterday, killing two Iraqi civilians and wounding three, police said.

The minibus had just pulled to the side of the street in a market about 400 yards from al-Sadr’s offices, said witness Naim Madkour. It had been picking up passengers but he couldn’t see if it had any inside at the time of the blast.

One man fled from the minibus just before it blew up, Mr Madkour said.