(Update) BAGHDAD, Iraq – Forty-six (46) persons were dead while fifty-two (52) wounded in a suicide bomber attack in Baghdad, which was the capital of Iraq.
According to Iraqi police, the target of the suspect was the government-backed Sunni militia members who were falling in line to get their salary.
It was known that the Sunni militia fighters were already known as Sahwa or “Sons of Iraq” and had a connection once with al-Qaeda.
Those killed included six (6) soldiers and three (3) accountants while thirteen (13) soldiers and four (4) accountants were wounded.
“There were more than 85 people lined up in three lines at the main gate of the military base to receive salaries when a person approached us. When one of the soldiers tried to stop him, he blew himself up,” according to a 20-year old survivor Tayseer Mehsen while in the hospital.
It was known that after the election in Baghdad, there had been a continuous violence in their country.
Hereunder is the list of attacks in Iraq.
– March 7: attack on the election day itself (35 dead)
– March 26: twin explosion in Khalis, Diyala province (40 dead)
– April 4: three (3) suicide car bombings near Baghdad embassies (41 dead)
– April 23: bombings (58 dead)
– May 10: gun shooting and suicide bombings (100 dead)
– May 21: Car bombing (30 dead)
– June 20: twin suicide car bombings in Baghdad (26 dead)
– July 7: bombings that targets the Shia pilgrims in a festival in Baghdad (40 persons dead)
– July 18: 46 dead in a suicide attack
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