IRAQ A double suicide bombing killed at least 14 people and wounded 53 in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, police said. The bombing comes after local authorities had rounded up suspected militants.
Four police officers were among the dead, officials said.
Early Monday, a suicide bomber detonated a minibus filled with explosives near the entrance to a government compound, the Iraq government said. Witnesses said that as police officers and citizens gathered at the scene, another suicide bomber wearing a military uniform detonated his explosive vest in their midst, according to a report in the New York Times.
A police official told the Times the death toll had reached 14 with 53 people wounded. It was the second time in two weeks a government compound in Ramadi has been targeted, and the bombings followed a recent roundup of 93 suspected militants. “The terrorist organizations do not want Anbar province to be stable or participate in the political process,” said Aifan Sadoon al-Aifan, head of Anbar’s provincial security committee. The attack, he said, was “a weak message from the terrorists trying to disturb … security improvements.”
