Baghdad, March 03: A bomb blast has reportedly rocked the western Iraqi city of Haditha north of Baghdad, killing at least ten people most of them government soldiers.
The Thursday explosion, which took place at a state-owned bank in, also wounded at least 26 others, Reuters said.
Police Lieutenant Ali al-Ubaidi said, “There was a group of Iraqi Army soldiers standing in front of the bank to collect their salaries,” when the incident happened.
“The death toll is 10 killed, including eight soldiers, and 26 wounded, including 20 soldiers,” he said.
Iraq convulses with violence in the eighth year of the United States military presence in the country and despite the presence of thousands of US troopers.
The city itself saw the forces killing 24 Iraqi civilians, including children and women, in an outburst of rage in 2005.
Over one million Iraqis have died during the US-led occupation, says California-based investigative project, Project Censored.
—–Agencies