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17 killed, many injured as forensics HQ wrecked in Baghdad car bomb

By: Our Staff Reporter | January 26, 2010, 2:33 pm |

A suicide car bomber in Baghdad killed at least 17 people in destroyed Iraq's forensics headquarters on Tuesday, officials said, a day after three huge minibus bombs targeting hotels killed dozens. The explosion in the central neighbourhood of Karrada also injured at least 80 people, with the toll expected to rise as many people were believed to be in the building at the time, the official said. "The building collapsed soon after the explosion. Dozens of people usually work in the (forensics) institute," he added, speaking on condition of anonymity. A doctor at the Ibn Nafis hospital told a foreign news agency that six bodies had been received and that 45 injured people had been admitted. The attack was confirmed by Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad Major General Qassim Atta.