Bombs blast Baghdad market: police
Posted on: Monday, 22 May 2006, 02:13 CDT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two bombs blasted a Baghdad market on Monday causing an as yet unknown number of casualties, police sources said.
A car bomb and another bomb, possibly a suicide attack, struck the crowed area in the New Baghdad district in the mainly Shi'ite east of the capital.
Officials have warned of a possible increase in attacks by Sunni militants like al Qaeda following the appointment of a new, national unity government on Saturday, after months of negotiation. At least 19 people were killed in three bomb attacks in the capital on Sunday.
The Mujahideen Council, an al Qaeda-led militant group, said one of its fighters had carried out Sunday's suicide bombing that killed at least 13 people at a Baghdad restaurant, according to a statement posted on the Internet.
"One of our lions set off to embed himself among infidel policemen at a restaurant and caused grave damage, killing at least 20 of them," said the statement.
Source: REUTERS
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