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20 killed, 125 wounded in Iraq car bombing
Monday June 04, 2012 11:03:43 PM,
IANS
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Baghdad:
At least 20 people were killed and 125 others wounded Monday in a
suicide car bombing here in the Iraqi capital, Xinhua reported.
The attack took place around 10.45 a.m. when a suicide bomber
drove his explosives-laden car into the entrance of a Shia
endowment office in Bab al-Mu'dham district, an interior ministry
official said.
The powerful blast destroyed the building and damaged nearby
houses, while many cars were left charred. A plume of black smoke
was seen over the area.
Security forces sealed off the scene, as ambulances, police and
civilian cars evacuated the injured to nearby hospitals.
An official said the bombing was an attempt to create sectarian
tensions.
"There are agendas to divide the Iraqi people by stirring up
tension between the Shia and Sunni endowment offices, as the
attackers use the dispute over the al-Askari shrine in Samarra,"
said Sami al-Massudi, deputy chief of the Shia endowment office.
The Shia office has been reportedly seeking to take over
management of many Sunni mosques and properties, including the al-Askari
shrine in Samarra, 110 km from Baghdad, which has the tombs of Ali
al-Hadi and Hassan al-Askari, the 10th and 11th imams of the Shias.
Sunnis in Samarra say the two imams are their ancestors and they
have been running the shrine for over hundreds of years.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki condemned the attack.
"We confirm that such heinous crimes will fail to sow sectarian
strife among the Iraqi people," Maliki said in a statement posted
on his website.
The Shia and Sunni endowment offices are independent bodies
affiliated to the government and are responsible for running
mosques and their religious properties.
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