Dozens Killed in Baghdad Restaurant Bombing

World | June 19, 2005, Sunday // 00:00

A suicide bombing ripped through a popular Baghdad kebab restaurant, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25. The bomber detonated a vest laden with explosives at lunchtime on Sunday in the Ibn Zanbour restaurant, which is just half a kilometer from the main gate of the heavily fortified Green Zone and is especially popular with Iraqi police and soldiers. Six policemen were among those killed, while the injured included 12 officers, Iraqi army Maj. Falah Al-Mehmadawi said.

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