Special report:Tension escalates in Iraq
BAGHDAD,
Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- An explosion struck an Iraqi ministry in Baghdad on Monday,
killing four people, but Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi who inside it escaped
unhurt, Qatar-based al-Jazeera television reported.
The blast took place during the Shiite vice
president's visit to the building of the ministry, the channel said without
elaboration.
A police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity
that a bomb detonated in a meeting hall in the Public Works Ministry, which
located in the Mansur district in western Baghdad. However, the source was not
sure whether Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi was attending the meeting.
He said that the first reports
confirmed that there is human casualties but there was no immediate word on
exact numbers.
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A victim was wounded when an explosion ripped
through the public works ministry in Baghdad February 26, 2007.A blast at
an Iraqi ministry building killed six people and slightly wounded Vice
President Adel Abdul-Mahdi during a ceremony on Monday, police and a
senior political source said. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Employees of an Iraqi ministry receive treatment at
Yarmouk hospital after they were wounded in a bomb attack in Baghdad
February 26, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Related: Four killed in blast hits Iraqi
ministry
BAGHDAD, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- An explosion struck an Iraqi
ministry in Baghdad on Monday, killing four people, but Vice President who was
inside the ministry, escaped unhurt, Qatar-basedal-Jazeera television
reported.
