A suicide car bomb exploded today outside a government forensic center in Baghdad, Iraq. According to government sources, eighteen died in the incident while 80 were injured. The attack came a day after an attack on three separate Iraqi hotels. The earlier attacked claimed 36 lives. The suicide bomber attempted to drive through a police checkpoint and demolish the walls of the forensic center, located in the Kerrada district. The building was badly hit by the explosion. Rescue workers are searching the rubble for bodies. Interior ministry officials stated that many of those dead in Tuesday's blasts were policemen. "The building collapsed soon after the explosion. Dozens of people usually work in the%DIFDELCMD < [%%% forensics institute." an anonymous interior ministry official told AFP news agency. Fire engines and ambulances rushed to take control of the scene. The ministry building suffered significant damage due to this explosion. An eyewitness, Hassan al-Saidi  stated: "I've heard many explosions in the past, but nothing like this , " He claimed that he saw five demolished vehicles and at least a dozen people injured by shrapnel. Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta , said the forensics center had been targeted twice by extremists in the past. "At 1045 0745 GMT%DIFDELCMD < ] %%% a suicide bomber raced his vehicle towards the institute and blew it up", said he.  Major General Qassim al-Moussawi, who is the security operations spokesman had claimed that security had been tightened after the hotel blasts and a committee had been formed to probe into the attack. The statement came before the blast on Tuesday. "Because we are at war, we expect such terrorist attacks [...] Al Qaeda is still able to mount such attacks occasionally where there are weaknesses in our security measures," said the Major .
A suicide car bomb exploded yesterday outside a government forensic center in Baghdad, Iraq. According to government sources, at least eighteen people died in the incident while 80 were injured. The suicide bomber attempted to drive through a police checkpoint and demolish the walls of the forensic center, located in the Kerrada district. The building was badly hit by the explosion. %DIFDELCMD < [%%% Fire engines and ambulances rushed to the scene, with rescue workers searching the rubble for bodies. An eyewitness, Hassan al-Saidi , stated: "I've heard many explosions in the past, but nothing like this . " He claimed that he saw five demolished vehicles and at least a dozen people injured by shrapnel. Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta said the forensics center had been targeted twice in the past. %DIFDELCMD < ] %%% The latest incident came one day after an attack on three separate Iraqi hotels claimed 36 lives. Major General Qassim al-Moussawi, who is the security operations spokesman , had earlier claimed that security had been tightened after the hotel blasts and a committee had been formed to probe into the attack. "Because we are at war, we expect such terrorist attacks [...] Al Qaeda is still able to mount such attacks occasionally where there are weaknesses in our security measures," said Moussawi, before Tuesday's blast .
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