Car bomb hits Baghdad cafe
2004-10-18 10:20
Baghdad, Iraq - A late-night car bomb targeting an Iraqi patrol killed six people, including three police officers, and injuring 26 others, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said on Monday.
The blast occurred at 22:55 on Sunday in Baghdad's Jadiriyah district, hitting a café near al-Hussein Square, said Col. Adnan Abdul-Rahman.
The vehicle was loaded with 500 to 600 kilograms of explosives, he said.
Among the wounded were 11 policemen. The café is located in an area with several foreign embassies and corporate offices.
Brig. Peter Hutchinson, commander of Australian forces in the Middle East, said the blast occurred a few hundred metres from the Australian embassy, though no Australian casualties were reported.
"The blast was actually some distance from the embassy and our security detachment - over a few hundred metres - and there are no military personnel that were injured," he told Australian television's Nine network.
- AP