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Suicide bombing in Baghdad kills 10

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-04-12 14:31

This image from APTN television shows damage to the al-Sarafiya bridge connecting two northern Baghdad neighborhoods - Azamiyah, a mostly Sunni enclave, and Bab al-Muazam, a mixed area Thursday April 12, 2007. A suicide truck bomb exploded on the bridge in northern Baghdad early Thursday, collapsed the steel structure and sent cars toppling into the Tigris River below, police and witnesses said. At least 10 people were killed and 26 injured, according to hospital officials. That toll was expected to rise. [AP]

A suicide truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in Baghdad early Thursday, collapsing the steel structure and sending cars toppling into the Tigris River below, police and witnesses said.

At least 10 people were killed and 26 injured, according to hospital officials. That toll was expected to rise.

Police were trying to rescue as many as 20 people whose cars plummeted into the waters below.

Hours after the blast, waves lapped up against twisted girders sinking into the water, as police patrol boats searched for survivors.

The al-Sarafiya bridge connected two northern Baghdad neighborhoods -- Azamiyah, a mostly Sunni enclave, and Bab al-Muazam, a mixed area.

Police said the attack was by a suicide truck bomber, but Associated Press Television News footage showed the bridge broken apart in two places -- perhaps the result of two blasts.