WRAP 21 killed, 66 injured, in suicide car bomb attack; mortar attack kills 6
(28 May 2007) AP Television Baghdad 1. Plume of thick smoke billowing into air at blast scene 2. Pan from smoke behind damaged fence to locals at the scene of the blast 3. Fireman dosing fire 4. Onlookers surrounding charred car on the scene 5. Tilt down of damaged minaret of mosque 6. Onlookers walking in front of damaged wall to mosque, pan to fire engine, pull out to wide 7. Various of Iraqi military vehicles on road 8. Ambulance heading to hospital Agency Pool Baghdad 9. Military vehicles in street 10. Damaged car on side of road 11. Wide shot of people and military vehicles in street 12. People looking at crater in street, damaged house in background 13. Metal debris on road 14. Charred car AP Television Baghdad 15. Exterior shot of entrance to al-Sadr General Hospital 16. Various of injured walking in hospital ward 17. Various of injured in hospital beds being examined by doctors 18. Exterior shot of entrance to hospital Karradah neighbourhood, Baghdad 19. Wide of damaged house 20. Various of damaged house and rubble 21. Wide of street in Karradah and people nearby 22. Close up of damaged house 23. People in alley in Karradah 24. Wide of an alley and damaged house STORYLINE: A suicide car bomber struck a busy commercial district in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 66, police and hospital officials said. The bomb went off at 2 pm local time (1200 GMT) in the Sinak commercial district on the east side of the Tigris River. It went off near the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque, a Sunni shrine that is also revered by Shiites. Associated Press Television footage showed dozens of people at the scene of the Sinak explosion, inspecting the charred cars and debris that littered the scene. After shooting was heard at the site, people ran for cover behind U.S. troops that had arrived at the scene. Three traffic policemen were among the wounded and at least eight civilian cars were damaged in the busy market area, police said. The cleric in charge of the mosque said the blast had damaged the building's dome. AP Television pictures also showed damage to the minaret. In a separate attack on Monday afternoon six civilians were killed and more than a dozen were wounded as two mortar rounds slammed into a street in Karradah, a Shiite-dominated neighbourhood in downtown Baghdad, police said. One shell hit a house, while another exploded in a residential area near the national theatre, police said. The attack also caused damage to nearby shops. 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...
