Three die in two Iraq bomb blasts

Published: October 10, 2008

An Iraqi soldier stands guard as thousands of Iraqi families in Baghdad celebrate the Eid Al-Fitr marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. A total of three people have died two bomb attacks, one in Baghdad and one in the main northern city of Mosul, Iraqi security sources said. (AFP Ahmad al-Rubaye)

BAGHDAD (AFP) A total of three people died on Friday in two bomb attacks, one in Baghdad and one in the main northern city of Mosul, Iraqi security sources said.

A bomb exploded around midday (0900 GMT) in a market in the centre of Mosul, killing two people and wounding 12, a police officer told an AFP correspondent.

Mosul, capital of Niniveh province, is regarded as Al-Qaeda's last urban stronghold in Iraq and is one of the country's most dangerous cities.

In Baghdad, a booby trap bomb exploded near a minibus in the southern neighbourhood of Dora shortly after an American patrol had passed by, an interior ministry official said on condition of anonymity.

One civilian died and a dozen were wounded, the official said.

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