Triple attacks kill 19 in Iraq

RAMADI (Iraq)

Oct. 11: Twin car bombs near a government office and an apparently coordinated suicide attack at a hospital killed 19 people in western Iraq on Sunday, in an explosion of violence blamed on the police collusion.
Officials said more than 80 people were injured in the blasts, which shattered a relative lull in Iraqi violence. The two car bombs exploded in quick succession in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, near the offices of the provincial governor while a meeting was in progress, a police official said.
“The attacks killed 19 people, including nine police,” an interior ministry official told AFP. An AFP journalist in the building said the first bomb went off at around 12.30 pm (0930 GMT) about 20 metres (yards) from the building in a civilian parking lot, speeding the arrival of firemen and the police. A second car bomb then exploded, the journalist said, leading the police to seal off the area.
Source::DC