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12 killed, 56 wounded in bomb attacks against cafes in Iraq

Arab World Materials 28 June 2013 03:07 (UTC +04:00)
At least 12 people were killed and 56 others wounded in separate bomb attacks against cafes in Iraq on Thursday, the police said.
12 killed, 56 wounded in bomb attacks against cafes in Iraq

At least 12 people were killed and 56 others wounded in separate bomb attacks against cafes in Iraq on Thursday, the police said.

The back-to-back bomb attacks struck a coffee shop in Baquba, capital of Diyala province in eastern Iraq, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30 others, a police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, two were killed and 14 others injured in a bomb attack inside a coffee shop in the Adamiya district in northern Baghdad, the source said, adding that 12 people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a coffee shop in the Alforat district, southwest of the Iraqi capital.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the al-Qaida front in Iraq, in most cases, was responsible for such bombings in the country.

High-profile bomb attacks are still common in Iraq despite the dramatic decrease since its peak in 2006 and 2007, when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.

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