Death toll rises to 40 in attack in Iraq (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-06-27 10:22
 Medical
staff of an emergency hospital gather around Hemin, A badly injured
bodyguard to a culture minister in the Northern Iraq Kurdish regional
government is treated following a car bomb blast in Arbil June 26,
2004. | Explosions that rocked the
center of the predominantly Shiite Muslim city of Hillah killed 40 people and
injured 22, the military said Sunday.
The blasts, which occurred at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday near the former Saddam
Hussein mosque, may have been caused by a pair of car bombs, a military official
said on condition of anonymity.
"Our estimates now are that 40 people were killed in last night's blasts and
22 were injured," the official said Sunday.
Earlier, the military had said 19 Iraqi civilians were killed and as many as
40 civilians were injured.
The violence came just days after insurgents launched a coordinated wave of
attacks across the country. The attacks, which left 100 dead, were aimed at
undermining confidence in the interim Iraqi government, which is set to take
power Wednesday.
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