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Car bomb kills 82
29/08/2003 18:08 - (SA)
Najaf, Iraq - A car bomb killed at least 82 people and wounded 229 others outside one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines in the central Iraqi city of Najaf Friday, medical sources told AFP.
The Najaf educational hospital reported 81 dead and 200 wounded from the bombing, said Doctor Ali Jawad, a senior resident at the medical facility.
He added that 100 of the wounded were listed in serious condition.
Another person was reported dead, as well as 29 wounded, at the city's general hospital, said Doctor Hussein al-Wan.
The bombing killed Iraq's top Shiite political leader, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim.
- AFP
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