Truck bomb blast collapses main Baghdad highway

21 Mar 2007 13:13:09 GMT

BAGHDAD, March 21 (Reuters) - Iraqi police detonated a huge truck bomb
near the Finance Ministry in Baghdad on Wednesday in a controlled explosion
that collapsed part of the main highway linking the north and south of the
capital.

The facade of the multi-storey ministry in Bab al-Muadham area in central
Baghdad was also badly damaged in the blast, which police said wounded 12
people, including soldiers and policemen.

The building was empty because it was a national holiday marking the first
day of spring.

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