Aftermath bombing in Sunni area in which at least six killed

(8 Aug 2009) 1. Various of exterior damaged shops and debris on ground 2. Pan left of damaged shops 3. Close up of damaged shops and debris 4. Interior of empty bakery shop 5. Close up of exterior of damaged shop 6.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Resident of al Khadra neighbourhood (no name given), Vox Pop: "We heard a big bang which broke the windows of our house, our house is beside a bakery shop, my uncle and my bother went out and saw policemen on the ground and they took them to hospital." 7. Wide of policeman at blast site 8. Wide of blast site, police truck on background STORYLINE Residents in a Sunni neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital on Saturday assessed the damage caused by a bomb blast which killed at least six people a day earlier. Officials said an explosive-laden motorcycle blew up on Friday as a police patrol passed near people lined up to buy bread at a bakery in Baghdad's al-Khadra neighbourhood. At least three police officers were among the six killed and 30 people were injured, officials said. The blast followed a series of attacks on mainly Shiite targets across Iraq on Friday. At least 51 people were killed and scores wounded as a suicide truck bomber flattened a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq and roadside bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad. It was the second-deadliest day since US forces turned over urban security to the Iraqis more than a month ago, raising fears that Sunni insurgents were intensifying a campaign to re-ignite sectarian violence that pushed the country to the brink of civil war. US commanders have said they were pleased with the progress since combat troops pulled back from cities on June 30 as part of a withdrawal plan that would see all American forces out of Iraq by the end of 2011. But Iraqis continue to face daily attacks, including spikes in bombings followed by periods of relative calm. US officials have repeatedly called the security gains fragile and cautioned that a waning insurgency still had the ability to pull off high profile bombings. They urged Shiites to show restraint to prevent a return to the retaliatory attacks that caused sectarian violence to spike after the 22 February, 2006, bombing of a revered Shiite mosque in Samarra. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...