Jordan bomb claims bride's mom
2005-11-17 13:58
Amman - The mother of a Jordanian bride whose wedding was devastated in last week's hotel bombings died of her wounds on Thursday, bringing the bombing death toll to 59.
A Jordanain official said "Hala al-Alami was in a coma. She died at 02:00".
Last Wednesday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding party in the ballroom of the Radisson SAS hotel, killing 17 relatives of newlyweds Ashraf al-Khaled and Nadia al-Alami.
Nadia's father, Anis, and her father-in-law, Khaled al-Akhras, died in the blast.
The newlyweds were slightly wounded.
Two other hotels were hit by suicide bombers the same night. The bombings were claimed by al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
- AFP