Massive explosion rocks Baghdad
2006-01-01 08:37
Baghdad - A large explosion rocked central Baghdad on Sunday morning, sending a plume of black smoke into the sky.
The explosion occurred at 08:55.
At least 15 people were killed on Saturday in a series of attacks in and around the Iraqi capital the previous day, security forces said.
A US soldier was killed in southern Baghdad in a mortar attack, the US military said.
Four policemen and four civilians were killed in two bomb and a mortar attacks in Baghdad, while five people died in an explosion targeting the local headquarters of the Sunni-based Iraqi Islamic Party in Khalis, north of Baghdad, police said.
A policeman was also shot dead in the north of the capital.
Five bodies were also found south of the capital.