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32 die in chlorine bomb attack in Iraq

Atul Aneja

DUBAI: At least 32 persons have been killed and 50 injured in Iraq in a suspected chlorine bomb attack.

The incident took place in an open air market on Tuesday night in a village in Diyala province. Doctors attending to the injured said the peculiar burn injuries showed that patients had come in contact with chorine gas.

Chlorine gas burns the skin on contact and can prove deadly when inhaled even for a short while. Militants in Iraq have mounted chlorine gas attacks in the past. A combination of chlorine gas and high explosives in April had killed 35 persons in Ramadi.

Diyala province has witnessed frequent sectarian attacks, partly because of its mixed population.

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