At least 16 Iraqis killed in Baghdad blasts

Simultaneous suicide and roadside bomb blasts in the same central Baghdad street killed at least 16 Iraqis and wounded 25 today.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2006 - 12:33

Simultaneous suicide and roadside bomb blasts in the same central Baghdad street killed at least 16 Iraqis and wounded 25 today.

A man with an explosives belt strapped around his waist walked into a crowded coffee shop in downtown Baghdad’s Saadoun Street and detonated his bomb, killing 12 people and wounding 20, said police Maj. Mohammed Younis.

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