June 07, 2007

Bombers in Iraq kill 19, reporter shot dead | International | Reuters

Bombers in Iraq kill 19, reporter shot dead | International | Reuters: "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombers struck in Baghdad and at a police headquarters in a northern Iraqi border town on Thursday, killing 19 people, and gunmen shot a reporter in the latest attack targeting Iraqi journalists.

In the worst violence, a suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives rammed a police headquarters and adjoining municipal building in the northern town of Rabea, near the Syrian border, killing nine people, police said.

The attack, which also wounded 22 people, including five British civilian contractors, largely destroyed both buildings, police said." Read complete post here.