Iraq: Parked minibus explodes in Baghdad, killing 22 and injuring 58*
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 29, 2007; 6:14 AM
BAGHDAD -- A parked minibus packed with explosives blew up Tuesday
afternoon in a busy section of central Baghdad, killing 22 people and
injuring 58 others, police said.
The attack in Tayaran Square occurred about 1 p.m. in an area filled
with bus stops and shops, police said.
It came a day after a suicide car bomber struck a busy commercial
district in the capital, killing at least 21 people, setting vehicles on
fire and damaging a nearby Sunni shrine, police and hospital officials
said.