(KUNA) -- Clouds of smoke hang in the air near the US embassy in the green zone after attacks by mortar shells in various parts of Baghdad, while other mortar shells hit residential areas in the Iraqi capital.
KUNA's correspondent saw columns of smoke rising from a building near the US embassy following the attack on the green zone. Toll of casualties has not been determined yet and it is still not clear whether the building on fire belonged to the US embassy or not, but workers in the green zone said mortar shells hit an oil pipeline near the embassy which led to the fire.
A mortar shell landed near Kamal Al-Samarae Hospital in Al-Andalus Square in Baghdad, wounding four civilians. Eyewitnesses said two mortar shells hit civilian houses near one of the headquarters of Vice President Adel Al-Mehdi in Al-Karada area and reports said six civilians were injured. The attacks on Baghdad have spread fear among the civilians, as most of the mortar shells are hitting residential areas, killing and wounding many people. |