Blasts hit Baghdad bridges
At least 22 people are killed and 60 wounded in two co-ordinated suicide attacks.
Published On 11 May 2007
Security increased
The two bridges over the Diyala River, a tributary of the Tigris, are commonly used by Shia pilgrims on their way to the holy Shia cities of Najaf and Kerbala to the south.
Last month, a truck bomb destroyed the Sarafiya Bridge in Baghdad, sending several cars crashing into the Tigris river.
Days later a suicide car bomber blew himself up on a ramp leading to another bridge in Baghdad.
As a result, city authorities banned trucks weighing more than 1.5 metric tonnes from all but two bridges across the river.
Source: News Agencies