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More than 100 die in Iraq suicide blast By YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago
TUZ KHORMATO, Iraq - A suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives in the crowded outdoor market of a Shiite farm town on Saturday, killing more than 100 people and levelling houses and stores, police officials said.
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The blast north of Baghdad, hours after a smaller suicide bombing in another Shiite village killed more than 20, suggested Sunni militants are regrouping to launch attacks in regions further away from the capital where security is thinner.
Saturday\'s blast ripped through a market in Armili around 8:30 am, destroying old mud-brick houses and setting cars on fire. Farmers\' pickup trucks drove victims 30 miles to the nearest health facility, in Tuz Khormato.
Authorities and residents spent hours digging bodies out of the rubble of two dozen shops and houses, police said. Accounts of the final toll varied, hampered by the difficulty of the search and the farming town\'s remote location.
Col. Sherzad Abdullah, of the Tuz Khormato police, told The Associated Press that 115 were killed and some 200 wounded. An officer with the provincial security coordination center, which compiles casualty figures for the central government, said at least 100 died. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to release numbers.
Tuz Khormato\'s police chief, Col. Abbas Mohammed Amin, said 150 were killed and 245 wounded.
13 minutes ago
TUZ KHORMATO, Iraq - A suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives in the crowded outdoor market of a Shiite farm town on Saturday, killing more than 100 people and levelling houses and stores, police officials said.
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The blast north of Baghdad, hours after a smaller suicide bombing in another Shiite village killed more than 20, suggested Sunni militants are regrouping to launch attacks in regions further away from the capital where security is thinner.
Saturday\'s blast ripped through a market in Armili around 8:30 am, destroying old mud-brick houses and setting cars on fire. Farmers\' pickup trucks drove victims 30 miles to the nearest health facility, in Tuz Khormato.
Authorities and residents spent hours digging bodies out of the rubble of two dozen shops and houses, police said. Accounts of the final toll varied, hampered by the difficulty of the search and the farming town\'s remote location.
Col. Sherzad Abdullah, of the Tuz Khormato police, told The Associated Press that 115 were killed and some 200 wounded. An officer with the provincial security coordination center, which compiles casualty figures for the central government, said at least 100 died. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to release numbers.
Tuz Khormato\'s police chief, Col. Abbas Mohammed Amin, said 150 were killed and 245 wounded.
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