Bomb Explosion in Basra Leaves Several Dead and Injured
The center of the Iraqi city of Basra shook following a bomb explosion. Various reports have been published about casualties and material damage. It is reported that at least four people were killed and four others injured in the incident.
As a result of an explosion involving a booby-trapped motorcycle in the center of Basra, at least four people have been killed. The number of injured varies in media reports and official statements.
Reuters news agency, citing a military official, reported the death toll at four people and the injured at four.
In a statement by the Basra Health Center, the number of explosion victims was stated as two dead and four injured.
Germany’s national radio network reported the number of injured at 20 people, and the Al-Furat news agency reported six people killed and injured.
Hospital sources reported the total number of injured at 22 people and the death toll at four.
Baghdad Al-Youm news agency, citing a security source, reported that the bomb was placed in a vehicle.
The explosion occurred near a hospital and has caused damage to at least one car and a minibus.
Reuters, citing eyewitnesses, wrote that the minibus was severely damaged, to the extent that the limbs of some passengers were severed.
Official authorities have attributed this terrorist operation to ISIS. This is while ISIS has not had significant terrorist activities in southern Iraq so far and is mostly active in the northern and western regions of the country.
Source: DW
