More than 70 killed in wave of Baghdad bombings
Monday, 27 May 2013
More than 70 people were killed on Monday in a wave of bombings across
Baghdad. (File photo: AFP)
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Reuters, Baghdad -
More than 70 people were killed in a wave of bombings in markets in Shiite
neighborhoods across Baghdad on Monday in worsening sectarian
violence in Iraq.
No group claimed responsibility for the blasts. But Sunni Muslim Islamist
insurgents and al-Qaeda’s Iraqi wing have
increased attacks since the beginning of the year and often target
Shiite districts.
More than a dozen blasts tore into markets and
shopping areas in districts across the Iraqi capital, including twin
bombs just several hundred meters apart that killed at least 13 people
in the capital’s Sadr City area, police and hospital officials said.
“A driver hit another car and left pretending to bring traffic police.
Another car rushed to take him away and right after his car exploded
among people who had gathered to see what was happening,” said bystander Hassan
Kadhim. “People were shouting for help and blood covered their
faces.”
Tensions between the Shiite leadership and the Sunni
Muslim minority are at their worst since U.S. troops left in December
2011, and the conflict in Syria is straining Iraq’s fragile communal
balance.
More than 700 people were killed in attacks in April,
according to a U.N. count, the highest monthly toll in almost five
years. So far in May more than 300 have died.
Thousands of Sunnis began staging street protests last December against Shiite
Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whom they accuse of marginalizing their sect
since the fall of Saddam Hussein after the 2003 invasion.
The
latest surge in violence began in April after a raid by the Iraqi army
on a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the town of Hawija led to clashes with the
security forces and more attacks.
Bombings on Shiite and
Sunni mosques, security forces and Sunni tribal leaders over a
month-long surge in violence are heightening worries Iraq risks
returning to the level of sectarian violence that killed thousands in
2006-2007.
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