Relatives say bombs killed 20 on Iraqi farm

Twenty people, including 11 children, were killed on Saturday when a night-time bomb attack hit a farm near Baghdad, relatives…

Twenty people, including 11 children, were killed on Saturday when a night-time bomb attack hit a farm near Baghdad, relatives claimed today.

Another 10 people were wounded in the attack, according to relatives who survived the bombardment, which destroyed three homes in the Al-Janabiin suburb on the edge of Baghdad.

They said the dead also included seven women and two men belonging to five families.

The two survivors were the only residents to escape unharmed from the ruins of the homes, according to an AFP reporter.

AFP

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