Home > News > The Gulf War II > Report

Iraqi suicide bomber kills 4

Agencies | January 10, 2004 05:05 IST


Four people were killed and dozens injured when a man on a bicycle packed with explosives blew himself up in front of a mosque during Friday prayers in the eastern Iraqi town of Ba'qubah, CNN quoted US-led coalition officials as saying.

It quoted a 4th Infantry Division officer said an improvised explosive device was inside a propane tank strapped to cycle.

He said 36 people were wounded, four seriously.

Ba'qubah is a predominately Sunni town about 64km north of Baghdad. The area has been a centre of violent resistance to the US-led occupation of Iraq.

On December 25, two US soldiers were killed in a mortar attack on a camp near the town.

The following day, a US soldier was killed and another injured in a roadside bomb attack near Baquba. A second soldier was killed while trying to defuse a bomb outside the town.


Article Tools
Email this article
Print this article
Write us a letter



Related Stories


US chopper goes down in Iraq

US weapons search team leaves

At least 16 die in Iraq blast



People Who Read This Also Read


Samajwadi MP accused of rape

Congress worries led to alliance
















Copyright © 2003 rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved.