Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

Ten Killed, More Than 20 Wounded in Explosion in baghdad


Sat 29 Oct 2022 | 11:14 PM
Explosion
Explosion
By Ahmad El-Assasy

Security and medical sources report that an explosion on Saturday in east Baghdad resulted in ten fatalities and more than twenty injuries.

According to the security sources, an explosive device linked to a car exploded in a garage between a football stadium and a café, which caused a nearby gas tanker to also explode.

The majority of the deceased were casualties of amateur football games being played in nearby stadiums.

Without providing any other information, a military statement stated that a gas tanker burst in a garage in East Baghdad, inflicting a number of casualties, and that security forces are looking into the reason of the explosion.