- BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) --
A bomb planted on a road in the southern Iraqi city of Basra tore a minibus
apart on Tuesday, killing at least three Iraqis and scattering body parts
across the road.
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- Police at the scene said three people inside the minibus
were killed in the blast. They initially thought four had been killed due
to the large number of dismembered body parts at the scene.
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- Police said no British troops, who are in charge of policing
Basra, were in the area at the time of the blast.
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- A British military spokeswoman said she was aware of
reports of an explosion but had no further details.
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- Mainly Shi'ite southern Iraq has seen fewer attacks on
occupying troops than Baghdad and the Sunni Muslim heartland around the
Iraqi capital.
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