Car bomb kills two in Baghdad's Sadr city
Posted on: Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 05:19 CDT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb inside a minibus exploded in a market area in Baghdad's Sadr City Shi'ite slum on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding five, police said.
Sadr City, in eastern Baghdad, is a stronghold of radical Shi'ite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, who is a member of the ruling Shi'ite coalition.
The blast damaged shop fronts in a commercial street and turned the bus into a mangled wreck.
No group has claimed responsibility but tensions between Muslim Shi'ites and Sunnis are running high since the February bombing of a Shi'ite shrine unleashed a bloody wave of reprisal attacks.
"We are innocent people. They bombed a bus," said one neighbor. Earlier, police said the blast was a car bomb.
Seven car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding 80.
Prime Minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki is working to form a government of national unity, widely seen as the best solution to avert a slide into sectarian civil war.
Source: REUTERS
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