Bomb attack kills 28 in Baghdad.Summary: A suicide bomb attack has killed 28 people and wounded 57 as recruits gathered at a police academy in central Baghdad Baghdad or Bagdad (both: băg`dăd, bägdäd`), city (1987 pop. 3,841,268), capital of Iraq, central Iraq, on both banks of the Tigris River. The city's principal economic activity is oil refining. , police have said. A suicide bomb attack has killed 28 people and wounded 57 as recruits gathered at a police academy in central Baghdad, police have said. Many police and police recruits were killed in the attack at the back entrance of the main police academy in the Iraqi capital. The suicide bomber Noun 1. suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political was wearing an explosive vest, and was riding a motorbike also packed with explosives, police said. It follows a car bomb in a livestock livestock Farm animals, with the exception of poultry. In Western countries the category encompasses primarily cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, donkeys, and mules; other animals (e.g., buffalo, oxen, or camels) may predominate in other areas. market in southern Iraq which killed 12 people on Thursday. Police recruits have been a major target for militant attacks in the past. On December 1 last year, an attack killed 15 policemen and recruits and wounded 45 other people outside the same Baghdad police academy. Iraq has expanded the ranks of its police and military forces by hundreds of thousands of men in recent years as the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeks to ensure local forces can provide security, with US forces preparing to end combat operations by next September. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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