BBC NEWS Suicide bomber in Iraq kills 19 At least 19 people have been killed and 25 injured in a suicide attack in a crowded cafe in northern Iraq.
The explosion happened in a coffee shop in Tuz Khurmatu, a town 75km (50 miles) from Kirkuk. Police chief Colonel Abbas Mohammed Amin said the bomber asked for a glass of water before detonating himself. Mr Amin said the cafe was close to a Shia mosque in an area populated by Turkmen, and warned that the number of people who had died could rise. He added rescuers were searching through the rubble for survivors. The attack followed a raid north of Baghdad which left four policemen killed and saw 13 wounded prisoners released. In another development, a senior official from the Iraqi oil ministry was kidnapped on Sunday as he left a meeting in Baghdad, the second high-profile abduction in the capital in two days. The country's Olympic Committee chief, Ahmed al-Hadjiya, was kidnapped with 30 others on Saturday. Five have since been released. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/5185828.stm Published: 2006/07/16 18:33:33 GMT © BBC MMVI ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
