Suicide bomber kills 60 near Baghdad
CNN, Saturday, July 16, 2005; Posted: 4:47 p.m. EDT (20:47 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a propane fuel tanker parked near a gas station south of Baghdad Saturday evening, killing at least 60 and wounding as many as 100 people, police sources said.
The massive blast occurred in the center of Musayyib along a dangerous stretch in Babil province known as the Triangle of Death about 45 miles south of the capital. Musayyib is predominantly Shiite.
The explosion destroyed a neighboring apartment complex and damaged a Shiite mosque and surrounding businesses, police said.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a propane fuel tanker parked near a gas station south of Baghdad Saturday evening, killing at least 60 and wounding as many as 100 people, police sources said.
The massive blast occurred in the center of Musayyib along a dangerous stretch in Babil province known as the Triangle of Death about 45 miles south of the capital. Musayyib is predominantly Shiite.
The explosion destroyed a neighboring apartment complex and damaged a Shiite mosque and surrounding businesses, police said.
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